Mural Fest returns to downtown Canton on Sept. 27

Last year's Mural Fest was the inaugural event.

Featuring muralists from both inside and outside Stark County, Mural Fest is 1 to 4 p.m. The event is free.

CANTON − Steve Ehret shook a can before applying gold spray paint in measured and precise coats on the exterior wall of a downtown building.

A weirdly curious mural was taking shape, a mix of fantasy and science fiction. A grinning green cyclops inhabited a world of tubes, textures and vegetation.

A man pulled up on a bicycle, drawn to the colors and creativity he spied from his apartment balcony.

"I think it improves the downtown," said John Wigington, 64. "Without art, what would we have? I like it."

Ehret was painting over an older mural he created several years ago. Wigingto

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