Honoring Community Heroes at Stetson

The Independent has a nice round-up about the Stetson Branch Library's plans to create a mural honoring community legends on the front of the building. Renowned artist Katro Storm along with Lou Cox of Channel 1 will be working with community youths to paint a mural which will pay homage to members of the Dixwell community who have had a positive impact on the neighborhood. These include former doctors, dentists, architects, educators and more.

You may recall that Cox and local artist Demo led a similar project on the wall behind Cafe Nine on Crown Street a few months ago (pictured below). Everything Katro does is impressive so we look forward to the result of this collaboration. They're also working with the City's Office of Cultural Affairs and a Yale University paintings-and-politics major, Mindy Lu. Stuff like this makes me smile!