Progress report: Wabash Walls 2024

A quick Monday morning circuit, checking up midway on a hot Wabash Walls mural festival

• Today’s edition is sponsored by Tippecanoe County CASA. A Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) is a trained community volunteer who speaks up for the best interests of abused and neglected children in the Tippecanoe County court system. If you wish to become a CASA volunteer, please visit our website at tippecanoe.in.gov/CASA, email casa@tippecanoe.in.gov or call 765-423-9109 to apply and get details of the fall training schedule starting Oct. 3.    

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PROGRESS REPORT: WABASH WALLS 2024

How about a quick Monday morning circuit, checking up midway on a hot Wabash Walls mural festival?

Since opening Tuesday, Aug. 20, two murals are done and others are taking shape on both sides of the Wabash River in the annual festival curated by The Arts Federation.

A detail from Shane Hello’s work in West Lafayette. (Photo: Dave Bangert)

This year’s Wabash Walls pieces are spread through the Historic Jefferson and Lincoln neighborhoods in Lafayette and into West Lafayette, too, with canvases that include bridge abutments near the Wabash River, a West Side strip center, an upper portion of Wabash Landing and along the roofline of the Tippecanoe County Public Library.

A dedication is set for 3 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 29, in the Wabash Landing plaza in West Lafayette.

Until then, there’s time to check out the six artists and their progress. Here’s a look where things stood Monday morning.

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Tristan Eaton, Wabash Landing Apartments (in the walkway at Wabash Landing), West Lafayette

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Shane Hello, 307 Sagamore Parkway W. (behind the building that includes Silver Dipper Ice Cream), West Lafayette

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Grace the Streets, 1201 Cincinnati St., Lafayette

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Rabi Towing, Food Finders Food Bank warehouse, 10^th and Roberts streets, Lafayette

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Hiero Veiga, Tippecanoe County Public Library, Jos Holman Branch, 627 South St., Lafayette

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Zach Medler, 210 N. 11^th St. (in the alley), Lafayette

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Primed for work: Two pylons under the John T. Myers Pedestrian Bridge, West Lafayette side.

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• For more about the history and this year’s edition of Wabash Walls, here’s a Q&A with TAF CEO Tetia Lee from last week:

Thanks, again, to today’s sponsor, Tippecanoe County CASA. For more information about CASA and how to become a volunteer Court Appointed Special Advocate, go to: tippecanoe.in.gov/CASA, email casa@tippecanoe.in.gov or call 765-423-9109 to apply and get details on the fall training schedule starting Oct. 3.    

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