Upcoming Projects
“Adams County: Stories Past, Present, and Future” with Adams County Historical Society Beyond the Battle Museum
The Adams County Arts Council is currently accepting applications for our inaugural mural project: “Adams County: Stories Past, Present, and Future.” This project will result in a large mural on the brick entry way wall of the Adams County Historical Society’s Beyond the Battle Museum, to be dedicated and celebrated in conjunction with The PEOPLE Project 2026, a storytelling and performance event on the same theme. Beginning in 2025, this project will engage Adams County residents, collect their unique stories, and invite them to contribute to creation of smaller works of public art to serve as inspiration for the contracted mural artist’s conception and design of the larger ACHS mural. Community engagement events throughout the year leading to the reveal of the mural will be part of Adams County’s schedule of celebrations for PA/America 250.
Interested applicants are invited to attend a Q&A session on Thursday, May 22 at the Beyond the Battle Museum, 625 Biglerville Road, Gettysburg, PA. Please RSVP by Wednesday, May 21 to attend.
Questions about the application?
Email us, and we will publish questions and answers on this page.
Q. What is the Arts Council’s budget for this project?
A. As this is our first big project for this program, we are relying on input from experienced mural artists and/or artist teams to help us outline costs for a project of this size as part of the applications process. While we have identified a team of founding program sponsors and have secured some grant funding to support this project (which is the first in a continuing program), we welcome your best suggestions according to the process you choose for creation and installation as well as the anticipated time it will take to participate in community engagement activities.
