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According to one source, the "Once in a Millennium Moon" mural is the largest in the United States, taking up some 30,000 square feet. It is on two sides of the AT&T building which would otherwise be very boring blank walls in a somewhat run down industrial neighborhood. Nationally renowned NEA fellowship mural artist Meg Saligman and her team worked to determine what should be painted on two sides of a 12-story building that would tell people in the next millennium who the people living in Shreveport were and what was important to them in the year 2000. 50,000 brush strokes, 1,500 gallons of paint, 2,500 paint cloths, 2,600 community painters, 4,000 community collaborators. Today, the enormous, colorful mural dramatically depicts the story of Shreveport--what is important to it, what has endured, what about it is beautiful, and what it wishes to leave for future generations. The east side of the enormous mural features 18 models, all everyday Shreveporters. It is a vibrant depiction of the cycle of life, with an infant at its center being showered with water from containers carried by a multi-ethnic cross section of the city's residents. Watching over the scene from the left is a Native American woman representing the original Louisianans. It was definitely worth detouring off I-20 to check it out. On a Monday morning, there were almost no other people around and it was quiet. Google says it's "closed" but I don't know how you close a mural. It is visible from the street and the parking lot. There is a caption at the foot of the mural pointing out the important parts. [Review 15978 overall - 56 in Louisiana - 1483 of 2021.] read more
