Visitors admire the new mural by artist Brian Butler and read the words and phrases that can be projected onto the Count de Hoernle Amphitheater at Mizner Park. Photo provided
As part of the city’s centennial celebrations, a new mural created by artist Brian Butler is now displayed on the Mizner Park Amphitheater stage doors.
Officials unveiled the “Ode to Boca” mural on Nov. 25 during a ceremony hosted by the city’s Public Art Boca program in collaboration with the O, Miami poetry organization.
The mural showcases key city features, including Addison Mizner architecture, the Intracoastal Waterway, a sunbather on a beach, a sea turtle and a ship.
Attendees met Butler, who is based in Miami, and saw poetry created by city residents in honor of the centennial.
Residents were encouraged to write five-line poetic tributes to the city, with the number of words in each line based on residents’ ZIP code numbers.
Words and phrases from the poems will be projected onto the stage doors after sunset.
The event was one of the last that will celebrate this year’s centennial. On Dec. 6, the city will debut new public art at Wildflower Park and bring back the Mi Casa, Your Casa swings that drew many residents to the Intracoastal park downtown earlier this year.
The new amphitheater mural replaces one that was first displayed on the 30-by-60-foot stage doors in 2021. That mural, titled “On Stage,” featured a musician and a dancer and was created by West Palm Beach artist Eduardo Mendieta.
— Mary Hladky
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