Meet the 15 mural artists who #CreatedwithGoogleFiber
Last year I found a mural outside of our partner Louisville Visual Art’s office that read “You Are Here.” Such a simple phrase, and yet it meant so much to me in that moment, because it felt like I was exactly where I was supposed to be: applying my passion for public art to my work, producing murals for a national campaign with Google Fiber.
The goal of this project was to create community-building activations in celebration of Fiber’s expansion to several new cities: Louisville, Nashville, Kansas City, San Antonio, Austin and Huntsville. After tapping into the cultural nuances of each community, we quickly noticed that each city Fiber selected had a unique and booming art culture, where artists connect with the world and each other via social media and the Internet. A series of murals felt like the perfect way to connect a digital product to active community members in an organic way they were already familiar with.
It’s rare to be able to pursue your passions through work — for me, the timing of this project couldn’t have been better. For a little over a year now, I’ve been building my side hustle as a “pupfluencer,” taking photos of my dog Watson in front…