Some color is being added to the Freight House in Davenport. Students in this year's Quad City Arts Metro Arts Summer Youth Employment Program are painting murals on the doors facing River Drive, and on the stage at the west end of the building.
Lead artist, Sarah Robb, says she and the students designed the murals to be about agriculture and Iowa. And the biggest challenges for the young artists are the amount of labor needed and scale of the work they have to do.
And because of the height of the doors, they're using hydraulic industrial lifts this year, instead of ladders.
Robb says the students are getting good experience, doing something they've never done before. And the satisfaction of completing a public art project that will be on display for many years.
The Metro Arts Summer Youth Program began in 2,000 and lasts for 5 weeks. The final showcase for the mural apprentices, and those learning dance with Ballet Quad Cities, will be held on July 16th.
