Mount Airy Nc Whittlin Wall

It features eight brick sculptures of local icons who helped shape mount airy s history and culture.

Mount airy nc whittlin wall. The whittling wall project is being funded by a 94 340 grant awarded to mount airy last year by the n c. It is scheduled from 3 to 5 p m. You can visit the whittling wall and get a better sense of who we are in mount airy artisans musicians educators small business owners and hard working people who make mount airy what it is. The whittling wall is a public art project located on west oak street in downtown mount airy.

Department of commerce to provide a downtown enhancement. Six of the sculptures are of notable folks from mount airy including donna fargo. The whittling wall project in downtown mount airy namely its eight sculptures of notable local individuals will be celebrated in a program on sunday. The whittler reflects that the wall has been called the whittling wall for decades since men would gather here and whittle while waiting for their wives to finish shopping.