Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman welcomed residents, community partners, elected officials, and others to celebrate the completion of “The Best Place – For All” mural at the Arundel Center located at 44 Calvert Street in Annapolis, MD. The mural is now the largest in the county, and features a collaboration between two well-known, local artists – Comacell Brown Jr. and Cindy Fletcher-Holden.
“The Best Place – For All, our county slogan, is now depicted in art right on the side of the Arundel Center for all our residents to see,” said County Executive Steuart Pittman. “Celebrating art and our local artists benefits all of our residents, and helps make our county a more beautiful place to live.”
This mural is part of a series of creative enhancements Anne Arundel County is pursuing to beautify its properties through public art. In February 2022 Anne Arundel County and the Arts Council of Anne Arundel County formed a committee to issue a “Call for Artists” seeking an artist, designer, or team to design and execute a mural on the Arundel Center. The goal was to attract artists with the ability to design a unique mural that would capture Anne Arundel County’s commitment to building empowered, healthy, safe, educated, thriving, and sustainable communities. The committee looked for historical elements and images of local importance that reflect the cultural values of the county. The final design would ideally emphasize the unique attributes that make Anne Arundel County “The Best Place – For All”.
The Arts Council of Anne Arundel County, Annapolis Art District, and members of the County Executive’s staff formed a committee of local arts leaders who served as the selection panel for the mural. Thirty-nine applications were received from across the United States. The top two artists were so close in scores that the committee asked if they would consider working together to produce the mural. The artists – Cindy Fletcher-Holden and Comacell “Cell Spitfire” Brown Jr. collaborated to create a stunning, interactive mural on the 65′ x 45’ wall at Arundel Center, now the largest mural in Anne Arundel County.
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