This mosaic mural called "ART?" is located on the left side of the Metro T-Mobile building on 9th Street. It was a community project created by Steven Paul and Gretchen Coleman. This mosaic mural asks the question, "what is Art?" as the word art followed by a question mark is depicted. When looking closely at the mosaic, one can see individuality represented within each tile. Among them, animals can be found as well as hands scattered throughout the mural with various designs and colors.

About the artist:
Steven Paul is a local artist who’s known for his mosaics. He studied under the instruction of Isaiah Zagar while living in Philadelphia, PA and when he moved to Roanoke, he made a mosaic on his garage wall and loved it. From this, he has made several wall mosaics throughout Roanoke. Steven Paul makes abstract mosaics only and doesn’t have a specific audience but rather leaves his work for anyone to enjoy. View more of his work at his website Multiverse Mosaics or Instagram multiversemosaics

Gretchen Coleman is an architectural engineer who lives in Roanoke. She enjoys creating art and is aspiring to do kinetic art and large-scale junk art. As she stated, “throughout my career, I’ve indulged my creative side through what I call ‘crafts,’ but my friends call art.” She has also helped assist with other mosaics such as the ROA SE mural, along with Steven Paul, and her “I AM, WE ARE, ROANOKE” has also been featured in the Roanoke art collection which can be viewed here: Artwork Archive: "I AM, WE ARE, ROANOKE"

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Information was obtained from details given by Steven Paul.