The Belmont Eastmont Hearthstone Community Council is using murals to promote community belonging and to bring additional beauty to the area.  

The Nordale Park mural pictured above highlights the neighborhood green space as an area for community convening. 

A new mural is planned for the Belmont business district and a local artist will offer her talents along with students and volunteers to create a new mural. 

The upcoming material is also a chance to celebrate the heritage of the community and exchange personal stories of the Appalachian, Black, Latino, Native American, and other cultures and ethnic groups that call the Belmont, Eastmont, and Hearthstone communities home.    

Also, check out our History and Mural Project Here.

As part of the mural development in 2024, BEHCC, Belmont Historical Society, Belmont Business Association and the Belmont United Methodist Church are engaging Belmont High School Art Students and community volunteers.  BEHCC is collecting biographies of cross cultural muralists who have contributed to murals in America as an educational resource for students and the community.  Click on the title above to go to the guide. 

Students can explore the history murals, including the work of muralists like Diego Rivera, including his work in Detroit; Georgette Seabrooke Powell, the youngest African American artist, working on the Harlem Hospital murals; and Matthew Wiley, an artist from South Carolina, who has completed wall art on the Appalachian Trail of Murals. 

Individuals can also review the history of murals in Dayton, including works of Tiffany Clark, James Pate, and all the murals developed by K-12 Gallery. 

Read more about tremendous murals transforming Dayton by clicking the link above.