FLORENCE – Calling all local mural artists!

You could make your mark on a Florence landmark. 

Florence Arts & Museums is seeking proposals from local artists for a mural at Pope’s Tavern Museum, thanks to a grant from the Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area. 

The objective of the project is to enhance the historic site at Pope’s Tavern with a creative expression of historical events relevant to the Shoals. The organization aims to encourage learning, contemplation, and discovery, while bringing people together through an exploration of the area’s past, present, and future. 

FAM would like this project to add to the interpretation at Pope’s Tavern, which focuses on the 19th century history of Florence and Lauderdale County, including domestic life, slavery, and the Civil War. 

The building now known as Pope’s Tavern was built in the 1830s as a two-room brick house, and it was expanded to serve as a boarding house in the 1850s. Both United States Army and Confederate soldiers used it as a field hospital during the Civil War. Later, it was a private residence until it opened as a museum in 1968. 

The deadline for artist submissions is Jan. 30. The request for proposal form can be downloaded from the website at www.florencealmuseums.com. 

The design that will be added to the building will be chosen by a selection committee. If you are interested in serving on this committee, please send a resume, CV, or short cover letter to [email protected] with the subject line, PT Mural Selection Committee.

Call 256-760-6379 or email [email protected] for more information.