Community Murals
The Vinton Guild of Fine Arts (VGFA), is dedicated to creating and promoting public art in the Vinton community. In 2021, we initiated a Back Alley Art project in partnership with Pourville Art Studio to create whimsical, interactive murals in downtown alleyways. Since then, we've broadened the initiative to include other kinds of murals downtown and around the community. Some murals have been painted by individual artists from the Guild, and other times we invite community members to paint panels that have been designed and penciled in by lead artists. Costs are typically covered by donations from individuals and local business owners, with occasional local grant support as well.
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Vinton is also fortunate to have 13 large murals painted by the nationally-known Walldogs, typically with commercial and historically oriented images. The Walldogs murals were commissioned by the Vinton community in 2000 and again in 2019 for the city's sesquicentennial celebration, paid for by donations from community members.
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Below are the VGFA murals installed to date.
Butterfly
Designer: Dandeena Schadle
Artists: Various Guild and community members
Completed in 2021
Location: Back of the Sherman Bldg, can be seen from 3rd St next to City Hall
Megaphone
Designer: Dandeena Schadle
Artists: Various Guild and community members Completed in 2023
Location: Vinton Newspapers bldg on 5th St
Park with Umbrella
Designer: Kim Fischels
Artists: Guild members Kim Fischels, Anita Gordon, Kim Frazier, and Maggie Johnson
Completed in 2022
Location: Alleyway on 1st Ave, between 4th & 5th St
Mini Murals
Designer: Kim Frazier
Artists: Kim Frazier
Completed in 2021
Location: Under the Sea: Kiwanis Park. Mini Butterfly: Palace Theatre
Children's Library Murals
Designer: Kim Frazier
Artists: Kim Frazier, Alice Fisher, Maggie Johnson
Completed in 2023
Location: Vinton Public Library
Designer: Group
Artists: Kim Frazier, Gloria Orcutt, Kim Fischels, Anita Gordon, Maggie Johnson
Completed in 2021
Location: Vinton Public Library
These four murals were painted at Back Alley Evening of the Arts events behind City Hall.
Flowers
Designer: Dandeena Schadle
Artists: Various Guild and community members Completed in 2024
Location: Back of City Hall building on 3rd St
Aquarium
Designer: Renae Patterson
Artists: Children attending Back Alley event
Completed in 2024
Location: Back of Pourville Art Studio (behind City Hall)
Kindness Matters
Designer: Dandeena Schadle
Artists: Various Guild and community members Completed in 2025
Location: Side of City Hall/Police Station on A Ave
Welcome to the Jungle
Designer: Renae Patterson
Artists: Children who attended Back Alley Evening
Completed in 2025
Location: TBD
First Responder
Designer: Kim Frazier
Artists: Kim Frazier
Completed in 2025
Location: Benton County Title Bldg on 4th St
Coming soon: link to brochure that has all VGFA and Wall Dog murals.
This is a map showing the VGFA mural locations.
# 1 - The Butterfly is on the back of the Sherman Building and can be seen from 3rd Street.
# 2 - The Park/Umbrella mural is in the alley on 1st Avenue between 4th and 5th St.
# 3 - The Megaphone is on the side of the Vinton Newspaper building and can be seen from 5th Street and 2nd Avenue.
#4 - There are three murals at this location, all painted by community members at Back Alley Evening of the Arts: a) The Flowers mural is on the slanted wall behind City Hall. b) the Underwater/Aquarium mural is attached to the back porch behind Pourville Art Studio. (Pourville also has a nature mural painted by young people on their back wall. c) the Kindness mural is on the side of the city building, next to the police station, and can be seen from A Avenue.
5) Location TBD: children's Welcome to the Jungle mural.
6) The Under the Sea mini mural is at Kiwanis Park.
7) The mini Butterfly is on the side of Palace Theatre.
8) Two wall murals are on the lower level of the Vinton Public Library..
9) First Responder is on 2nd story of Benton County Title building on 4th St
10) Coming soon: Zoo Day at the Pool Mural