Giant mural in north Wichita begins to come alive

Every day, as commuters make their way south down I-135, the faces become more visible.

What’s being billed as the largest mural to be painted by a single artist in the world is coming to life on the side of a north Wichita grain elevator, and many in the community are taking notice.

And some are donating money to help get it completed.

Armando Minjarez once saw those grain elevators across north Wichita and thought they looked like walls — physical barriers between different neighborhoods and cultures.

Minjarez also saw something else in those aging grain silos. An opportunity. And a giant canvas.

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