JMU alumna Emmy Thacker (’20) was commissioned to paint a "Welcome to Crozet" mural, revealing the Shenandoah mountains and orchards in the foreground — emphasizing Crozet s agricultural history. The mural
Charlottesville Mural Project announces a new seven-story mural in Crozet
Published Sunday, May. 23, 2021, 8:53 am
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Emmy Thacker and Charlie Crotteau at the site of the in-progress Crozet mural. Photo courtesy Charlottesville Mural Project.
The Charlottesville Mural Project announces Crozet’s newest public mural, which will be painted by local Crozet artist Emmy Thacker on a prominent wall of the English Meadows Senior Living building.
The project came together thanks to Charlie Crotteau, a Virginia Tech architecture student who reached out to English Meadows after eyeing the wall for some time. Coincidentally, the English Meadows had been looking to hire an artist to create a mural for the wall.