Downtown Vancouver’s newest murals are making their formal debut this week.
The public is invited to take a walking tour of Vancouver’s new murals Thursday with Destination Downtown and the Clark County Mural Society.
The group will meet at 11:30 a.m. at The Columbian, 701 W. Eighth St., and stroll through downtown to see the three entries for the fourth annual Summer of Murals contest. The artists will be present to talk about the inspiration for their eye-catching paintings on the walls of The Columbian, Luepke Flowers and Finds, and the Greater Vancouver Chamber of Commerce. The tour, which is a little less than a mile long, ends at 12:30 p.m. at the chamber, 1101 Broadway.
This year’s theme is “100-plus years of community.” The idea was to create “creative, colorful, inventive interpretations of the rich history and cultural development of the community,” according to the mural society’s website. www.ccmurals.org.
On the tour, participants can vote for their favorite mural using their smart phones. Others can vote on the mural society’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ClarkCountyMuralSociety.