Youth center paints summer with kindness

New mural touts summer camp theme

  • A new mural for the Hamilton County Youth Center was bolted to the side of the building Friday, May 24. Pictured from left are Youth Center Executive Director Paul Johnson and mural artist John Van Horn.
    A new mural for the Hamilton County Youth Center was bolted to the side of the building Friday, May 24. Pictured from left are Youth Center Executive Director Paul Johnson and mural artist John Van Horn.
As it prepares for a new season of summer camps and other special programs, the Hamilton County Youth Center decorated its exterior wall with a new mural on May 24. The mural painted by Colorado artist John Van Horn was mounted on a wall to the left of the center’s main entrance on 12th Street. Youth Center Executive Director Paul Johnson said the idea for the mural sparked when the…

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