Two local artists last week were chosen to create a Route 66-themed mural for the soon-to-open Mother Road Market food hall in Tulsa.
Yatika Starr Fields and Janet Fadler Davie, both of Tulsa, were chosen from more than 20 applicants who sought to paint the mural on the building at 1124 S. Lewis Ave., a stone’s throw from the 11th Street alignment of Route 66.
The mural depicts local Route 66 landmarks such as the Desert Hills Motel sign in Tulsa, the Blue Dome gas station in Tulsa, the Rose Bowl in Tulsa and the Blue Whale in nearby Catoosa.
The Tulsa World reported:
The two will begin their work early next month in hopes of completing the 20-by-20-foot, Lewis Avenue-facing mural by the end of July. […]
“This image for the mural depicts the heart and spirit of Route 66, while also communicating the sustenance that Mother Road Market will provide to the Tulsa community,” Fields said in a statement. “This mural invites viewers to see the new frontier that exists, while paying homage to Route 66’s iconic and historical gateway.”
Mother Road Market, a 27,000-square-foot incubator of restaurants and other food businesses, is expected to open in August. The Tulsa-based Lobeck Taylor Family Foundation is developing the $5.5 million project.
The Mother Road Market will be housed in the former Scrivner-Stevens Grocery building. Scrivner-Stevens was a regional wholesale grocery chain, based in Oklahoma City, that dated to 1917. The store in Tulsa was one of its early satellite ventures.