When Art in Uncommon Places needed some tech know-how to accent its downtown murals, they found it in Scarlet Rodriguez’s Graphic Design II class.
SAN ANGELO, Texas — San Angelo is only a couple years in to being declared the official Visual Arts Capital of Texas, and if you’ve ever taken a leisurely walk downtown, you probably understand why.
From the recently re-domed San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts to the rustic charm of the Chicken Farm Art Center (not to mention the dozens of galleries, sculptures and murals in between), the city is emerging as an oasis of color among the mesquite trees and tumbleweeds.
One of the leading forces in the artistic charge is Art in Uncommon Places, a nonprofit organization dedicated to bringing expression to muted streets and color to drab buildings, with more than 500 art pieces installed across San Angelo since 2006.
“We wanted to change what the art …