Morganton, nc

Participating artists:

Nico Cathcart

Hadasah Michaels

Kat Cornelius

Molly Chopin

Catherine Kaleel

Lee Meh

Ashlei Franklin

Kira Bass

Claire Alexandre

Georgia Tardy

Kimberly Cusack

Jenn Hales

Murals designed by Nico Cathcart, Catherine Kaleel and Claire Alexandre.

2024/25

TOSS and the Industrial Commons

After two years of planning and fundraising, TOSS and The Industrial Commons partnered with the  Community Mural Institute to lead this project, training 24 artists from across the Carolinas and installing 6 community murals between 2023-2025. In 2024/25 the mural themes highlighted a distinct communities within Burke County — Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Rural Futures-Pathways to Work, and Women at Work. Themes for the murals were inspired by a student-led, oral history project documenting communities in Burke County, resulting in an oral history database now archived on the TOSS website. The artist participants designed and painted the murals mentored by Greta McLain of GoodSpace Murals and Britt Ruhe of Common Wealth Murals.