Mural Projects

Highland Arts Unlimited Community Arts Projects Committee is working on many projects for the Keyser, WV area.

To make a donation for more art projects, please send your check made out to HAU with "Public Arts" written in the memo area, at HAU, Box 63, Keyser, WV, 26726.

Highland Arts Unlimited, Inc newest mural is located on Main Street at the M&T Bank/James Law Firm downtown Keyser. The theme of the mural is a celebration of 50 Years Highland Arts Unlimited (HAU) has brought to the area of music, visual arts, theatre, etc., including Apple Alley Players.
Kelson Thorne, mural artist from Petersburg, WV, worked with HAU board members to create the design of the mural.
This mural was made possible by the US Wind Force Foundation, Highland Arts Unlimited Community Arts Projects, Huber Michaels & Company, M&T Bank, James Law Firm, Boggs Supply, Highland Arts members, and individual donations.
Pictured are HAU’s board members Jill Baldinger (HAU Public Arts Chair), Katrina Westfall (HAU President), Becky Whitehill (HAU Secretary), Mike Baldinger, Shirley Hackworth (HAU Vice President), Charlie Whitehill (HAU founding member and past HAU President), Sherri Heare, Kelson Thorne (mural artist), Dinah Courier, Steve Heare, Kelly Sydow (HAU social media), and Tom Sydow.

 

Brooks Park/South End Park Murals
Highland Arts Unlimited Mural Committee would like to thank all those involved in mounting 4 murals at the South End Park, Keyser. Working with Keyser High School art teacher, TJ Connor, 4 designs were selected from art student’s submissions. These amazing murals were painted with Chroma Mural Paint donated by Chroma Inc., sealed with UV Varnish donated by Golden Paint. Special thanks go to City of Keyser, Jennifer Junkins, Jim Hannas, Street Supervisor, and his crew for all their help in getting the murals on the park’s amphitheater shell. Thanks to the US Wind Force Foundation grant, generosity of 84 Lumber in Keyser, and the sale of an original painting by Jill Baldinger using Chroma Mural Paint, the project became a reality.
In the photos: Peyton Root, TJ Connor, Jill Baldinger, Mike Baldinger, and Molly Kephart. The other art students not shown are Tescia Battko, and Courtney Minnick.
MCTC Bike Rack
The bike rack was designed and produced by Lucas Spencer’s welding class at the MCTC. It is located by the Keyser Pool.

Museum

Local artist, Jill Baldinger, created a mural for the waste container at the Mineral County Historical Museum. Funded by the Community Arts Projects Committee of Highland Arts Unlimited, it highlights the Twin Mountain Railroad that transported apples and peaches from ridgetop orchards in Burlington to Keyser on a small grade track.

Downtown Mural
The Mineral County mural at 21 Armstrong Street was painted by Luke Urice (far right). This is the second mural Luke has painted in downtown Keyser. This mural was made possible by the Tucker Community Foundation, the US Wind Force Foundation, Highland Arts Unlimited Community Arts Projects, and individual donations.

 

Highland Arts Unlimited, Inc. Mural Committee and building owners, Bill and Dawn Boggs, have selected Peyton Root’s design for the 2018 Public Art Mural Project in downtown Keyser. The mural is painted on the side of 77 North Main Street and will include images from Keyser’s entertaining past. Funds for this project were available through a grant from the US Wind Force Foundation.

Murals painted by Mineral County high school students depicting programs offered by the MCTC. This was made possible by the Potomac Highlands Art Guild grant spearheaded by the Community Arts Chair of Highland Arts Unlimited, Inc., Jill Baldinger.

 

 

 

 

Luke Urice is the mural artist, and his design depicts the old Piedmont train station and other historic places in Piedmont. This mural is made possible by the J. Norman and Margaret J. Reeves Private Foundation, US Wind Force Foundation, and Community Trust Foundation, donations from local businesses, HAU members, and the community.
The Highland Arts Unlimited Public Arts Committee announces that Luke Urice will be the artist to paint the mural on the steps at the Kirkwood and Rogers Law office in downtown Keyser.
Finished mural photo with the artist, Tony Rogers and family, and members of Highland Arts Unlimited.
           
Highland Arts Unlimited Public Art Committee has joined with the Save the Pool Committee, Energy Express, and Art House Tuesdays to create a fun “fishy” mural at the Keyser pool. Supplies were provided by a grant from the Wind Force Foundation. With the help of Craig Westfall II. and all the teachers at Energy Express, the idea was to have the kids draw all kinds of fish. Then local artists from the Art House Tuesdays at The Indie on Main took those images and expanded on them. Some new images have been painted on the outer walls of the pool building as of July 28th and more images will be painted in the future. Lynn Robinson and Missy Cummins, from the Save the Pool committee, were excited to see the designs for the pool walls.
Artists involved in the project are Dea Clayton, Stephen Settimi, Hosanna and Anastasis Barrett, Katrina Westfall, and Jill Baldinger. Not shown are Lisa and Audrey Rogers, Anna Dolly, Sherri Heare.