Local communities soon will have 11 new murals, thanks to the Wayne County Mural Program Competition. One of those is a community mural, which was painted Saturday and Sunday on Dublin Community Club, 1764 S. Foundry Road, Cambridge City.
The creation led by Joy Hernandez of Indianapolis brightens the gray building that’s home to Dublin’s indoor skating rink and site for birthday parties, reunions and other rentals.
The new murals will join the 90-plus created in years past around the county.
Volunteers help paint a mural designed by Indianapolis-based artist Joy Hernandez at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Nathan Ulerick helps paint a mural designed by Indianapolis-based artist Joy Hernandez at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Volunteers help paint a mural designed by Indianapolis-based artist Joy Hernandez at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Greig Rutherford traveled from Oxford, Ohio to help family paint a mural designed by Indianapolis-based artist Joy Hernandez at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Brody Ulerick adds to the mural designed by Indianapolis-based artist Joy Hernandez at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Tessia Rogers, right, and Joy Hernandez work on the mural at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Tessia Rogers works on the mural at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Joy Hernandez paints the mural she designed for the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Joy Hernandez paints the mural she designed for the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Joy Hernandez works on the mural at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Volunteers help paint a mural designed by Indianapolis-based artist Joy Hernandez at Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Kids play in water sprayed by the Dublin Volunteer Fire Department at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Kids play in water sprayed by the Dublin Volunteer Fire Department at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Kids play in water sprayed by the Dublin Volunteer Fire Department at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Kids play in water sprayed by the Dublin Volunteer Fire Department at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Kids play in water sprayed by the Dublin Volunteer Fire Department at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Kids play in water sprayed by the Dublin Volunteer Fire Department at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Kids play in water sprayed by the Dublin Volunteer Fire Department at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Brynlee Gray, 6, left, and Ady Miller, 11, help Shailie Miller paint a mural at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Greig Rutherford traveled from Oxford, Ohio to help family paint a mural designed by Indianapolis-based artist Joy Hernandez at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith 
Joy Hernandez, left, and Pamela Bliss work on the mural at the Dublin Community Club as part of the Wayne County Murals Program Saturday, July 20, 2024 in Dublin, Ind. Photo by Joshua Smith
Artists Kathy and Emily Garnes of Carmel have started their mural on American House, 101 W. Main St., Centerville. Carl Leck of Indianapolis also is progressing on the Economy Gymnasium at 324 Poplar St.
Other locations and artists soon to begin:
- Dublin: Maintenance building, 407 N. Johnson St.; Gavin Goode, Carmel
- East Germantown: 501 E. Main St.; Dean Davis, Whitehouse, Ohio
- Hagerstown: The Boot Box, 60 W. Main St.; Chris Catalogna, Fort Wayne
- Mount Auburn: Lakeview Restaurant, 1219 W. National Road; Holly Sims, Anderson
- Richmond: Dance Techniques, 1014 E. Main St.; Anthony Brooks of Groverton, Ind., and Berlin, Germany. Two in Depot District: 413 N. Eighth St., by Ivan Roque, Miami, Florida; and 199 Fort Wayne Ave. by Megan Oldhues, Toronto, Canada.
A location is pending for the 11th mural.
The tentative completion date for the competition is Aug. 31.
Contest funding comes through Wayne County’s Hoosier Enduring Legacy Program (HELP), Wayne County Foundation and Wayne County Convention & Tourism Bureau Inc.
Pamela Bliss, who attended Lincoln High School and has cultivated a career painting many murals around Wayne County, Indianapolis and beyond, is managing the competition, along with the tourism bureau.
Images of 10 of the 11 designs are posted at visitrichmond.org/visitors/things-to-do/wayne-county-mural-program.
A version of this article appeared in the July 24 2024 print edition of the Western Wayne News.