JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Chances are you’ve seen it while you’re riding over the Hart Bridge into Downtown Jacksonville -- Guido van Helten’s “Unity” -- the 2019 JaxBest choice for best public art.
Van Helten said motivation for the mural, which looks over the North Florida Shipyard, “came through a search for subjects and a representation of the real soul of the city in the downtown of Jacksonville.”
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During the Australian’s trip to Jacksonville, he met Connell, an activist and member of the Deaf Community and Sara, a Palestinian American. Both were speaking during a movement downtown for diversity, respect and tolerance, and both became the inspiration for the mural.