Residents and visitors to Powder Springs will soon be welcomed to the city by a new mural currently being painted by an artist who has created similar works in nearly three dozen other cities. The public is invited to the Friday, Nov. 19, ribbon cutting for John W. Christian’s 50th mural, which he is painting on a wall outside Sweet Southern Coffee and Dessert at 4460 Marietta St.
Mayor Al Thurman and the Powder Springs City Council are expected to be on hand for the 2 p.m. event, along with other city officials and community members.
Christian is the originator of the Georgia Mural Trail, which he created in late 2014 under the Go Georgia Arts statewide arts organization with the goal of painting 50 murals in smaller cities under 10,000 people and cities under 50,000 people.
He most recently completed murals in College Park, Cedartown and Stockbridge, according to his Georgia Mural Trail Facebook page. Powder Springs is the 35th city he has painted in, with its mural to be his 50th completed work. He expects to have works completed in three more cities by Jan. 1.
The Hapeville-based artist’s Powder Springs mural represents a sort of “homecoming,” as Christian owned his first business in downtown Powder Springs 32 years ago. The City of Powder Springs contracted with him earlier this year to create the mural.
The completed mural will be in the heart of Powder Springs’ downtown and just steps away from Thurman Springs Park and the Hardy Family Automotive Amphitheater, which have become the epicenter of most city events since opening in the fall of 2020.
