, part of聽, produces public art projects that engage social justice issues and enrich the university鈥檚 learning environment.聽Murals聽at Mason hires artists, many of whom are students, and mentors them during the mural-making process. The result? Beautiful, high-quality聽murals聽at Mason locations and in the local community.聽
, by聽Sarah Berry and Monica Tucker of聽, is located at the south entrance of Manassas Mall in Manassas, Virginia.
Artist Statement: 鈥Based on census data from Prince William County, the languages selected are the most commonly spoken where the mural was painted to represent unity (English), 雼澕靹 (Korean), unidad (Spanish), 賵丨丿丞 (Arabic), 膽o脿n k岷縯 (Vietnamese) in multi-cultural Manassas. The rainbows represent us all, regardless of what we look like, love like, pray like, vote like, or dream like. As with all Persimmon Project Murals, a native species is selected to include in the art. In this case, the American Dogwood (Cornus florida) was selected for this project because it's the Virginia state flower and we wanted to represent the whole state in LOVE & Unity.鈥