North Greenwood Rec Center Receives Mural Courtesy Of Valspar

CLEARWATER, FL — The North Greenwood Recreation Center in Clearwater now boasts a bright, colorful mural on the building's exterior after being named the winner of Valspar's Back to Bright initiative.

To bring some color to Tampa Bay, Valspar Paints, host of the annual Valspar Championship, held a contest seeking nominees for a community mural.

After almost two weeks of contest entries, the North Greenwood Recreation Center was named the winner.

The center received a custom 15- by 30-foot mural painted by internationally known St. Petersburg-based artist Zulu Painter.

Zulu Painter's large-scale mural work can be seen across the country. The vibrant colors in his paintings conveys his goal of creating art that uplifts the viewer with positive energy.

Zulu has worked as a scenic artist for The Science Channel, Disney on Ice, Home Shopping Network, Sea World Parks & Entertainment, national ad campaigns and as a representative artist for Visit Florida.

Most recently, the artist was hired by the Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority to create a vibrant bus wrap featuring civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to highlight the importance of diversity and inclusion in Pinellas County.

Johnareus Young, program director of the North Greenwood Recreation Center in Clearwater, submitted videos to Valspar on Twitter explaining what makes the center the right spot for this unique piece of art.

"It's an honor for the North Greenwood Recreation Center to be chosen as the spot for the Valspar Back to Bright mural," said Young. "This unique piece of art will aide in our mission of bringing people together with a common goal of bettering the communities where we live."

"Valspar is known for bringing color into people's lives and this campaign is putting that idea in to motion in an out-of-the-box way," said Sara Hackney, brand manager for Valspar. "After a rough 2020, we wanted to be on the forefront of bringing inspiration to people's eyes and lives with our colors and also to the communities in which we serve. This mural will be a sign of positivity in the Clearwater community for years to come."

Valspar has been the title sponsor of the Valspar Championship with the PGA Tour since 2014. The mural was finished in the days leading up to the Valspar Championship April 26 to May 2 at the Innisbrook Golf Resort in Palm Harbor.

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