Arlington Abstracted Mural at the Grove by Marc Pekala

Join us at PARK(ing) Day 2019 and stop by the pop-up plaza (15th Street North and North Uhle Street at the surface parking lot) to celebrate the mural’s premiere and meet artist Marc Pekala.  The Arlington Art Truck will be there with Pekala’s Arlington Abstracted project for anyone interested in designing their own colorful creation.

For the Arlington Art Truck, Pekala reimagined eight iconic signs for Arlington business past and present in his signature abstracted aesthetic.  The signs were broken into tiles that the public was invited to arrange into their own colorful designs.  At the end of the activations, a competition of the best participant designed poster was held with plans for the winning design to be transformed into a mural by Pekala at the pop-up plaza.  The winning design was created by Arlington resident Brandon M. Bailey.

The mural covers three parking spaces transformed into a pop-up plaza adjacent to “The Grove” – the last remaining vestige of the original Arlington County Courthouse site from 1898.  This project is supported by Arlington Arts and the Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development – Urban Design Section as well as the Department of Environmental Services – Transportation Engineering and Operations whose repaving of the parking lot created a perfect mural canvas.

For more information on the Arlington Abstracted project and the businesses that inspired the designs, please visit this link.

About Marc Pekala 

Friday, Sept. 20 – 11-2pm –  15th Street N. and N. Uhle Street at the surface parking lot.