MSU students begin painting 300-foot mural Mississippi State University art student Marcus Williams paints the top of a mural planned for North Jackson Street in downtown Starkville Wednesday. The mural, which is a partnership between the Starkville Area Arts Council, the city and MSU’s art department, will depict iconic buildings from the city and MSU’s campus when it is complete this summer. Tyler B. Jones/Dispatch Staff
Lynn Spruill
STARKVILLE Standing in the afternoon sunlight on North Jackson Street Wednesday, Mississippi State University junior Marcus Williams rolled his paint roller in a pan of sky-blue paint and added some of the first brushstrokes to what he hopes will become one of many murals celebrating Starkville.