Artist Blue Sky will return to Darlington to complete a second mural for the city of Darlington — this time one to commemorate the story of Darlington Raceway.
Darlington City Council voted to hire the Columbia artist during its January regular meeting. The mural is scheduled to be complete in time for this year’s new race date in early April.
The mural will be located at 114 Pearl St. at the Liberty Lane Winston Walk of Fame, a brick pathway created in 1989 through a partnership of the Darlington Downtown Revitalization Association, the City of Darlington and Darlington Raceway.
“This mural will serve as another point of community pride at the town’s center like the Blue Sky mural on Main Street, Williamson Park and the Veterans Memorial Park will be once it’s complete,” said Darlington City Planning Director Lisa Chalian-Rock, who developed the idea after many walks meandering through downtown.
With the change in Darlington’s annual race date from Mother’s Day weekend to April 11-12, the city also wanted to do something special to highlight its connection to the track, which has given Darlington international name recognition. The city will hold a celebration and reception for Blue Sky and the new mural during race week at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 9 at Liberty Lane with light refreshments and musical entertainment before the Car Haulers Parade and Racefest at 7 p.m.
The artwork of the mural will tell the story of how the “Lady in Black” came to be in a graphic novel style using bold colors and snapshots of the early history of racing in Darlington.
Work is slated to begin Monday.
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