Organizers have launched a Kickstarter fundraiser for a project that aims to create art murals on several sites along Oklahoma’s Route 66.
The Dwelling Spaces store in Tulsa and El Reno resident Rick Sinnett want to place 11 murals along the Mother Road in the Sooner State, and hope to raise $6,600 in 28 days. The project has been endorsed by Michael Wallis, co-founder of the Route 66 Alliance, and also landed Oklahoma City resident Wayne Coyne, frontman for the popular psychedelic rock band Flaming Lips, as a spokesman.
The project’s aim involves gracing Oklahoma’s RT 66 with 11 Oklahoma inspired murals. Mural #1 of 11, titled Indian Warrior, has been painted on Route 66 in Tulsa, Okla., in the Blue Dome Arts District on Rose’s Second Hand Pawn Shop which was funded by Dwelling Spaces. Oklahoma artist Rick Sinnett and crew will paint “Guardian of the Mother Road” the second of 11 public art pieces on the 50-by-50-foot Drive-In Saloon in El Reno, Okla., off historic Route 66. Through coming months, nine more “Public Art Project 66” works will follow, each celebrating Oklahoma’s rich history.
Video about the project is here; go here to donate.