06/12/2026
As part of Pride Month 🏳️🌈, we remember the shooting that happened ten years ago today at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando. It was a national tragedy that was deeply felt locally too. In response, the We're Trying Collective—four Muncie artists JoAnna Darda, Braydee Euliss, Faith Kellermeyer, and Jannell Summers—began a collaborative mural project that resulted in the much loved "On the Mark, For the City" in 2017. Ten years later, we can thank those artists who provided a lasting remembrance that has become part of the fabric of our lives.
When the project and design was conceived, the building housed the Mark III Taproom, a gathering place for the LGBT community in Muncie. The We’re Trying Collective held a design session with the bar’s staff to collect their ideas, values, likes, and dislikes. They offered feedback on the type of symbols and colors they’d like to see, and they requested something bright and colorful with an interactive element. They also suggested including the pink and blue colors from the transgender pride flag. As the collective moved through the mural design process, they continued to research and gather information about what messages were important to downtown residents and businesses.
—From About That New Painted Mural In DWNTWN Muncie, Muncie Journal, by Mike Rhodes, July 11, 2017.
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By: Mike Rhodes— Muncie, IN—If you've been downtown lately, you can't help but notice the new mural that has been in the works for months on the side of the Mark III taproom. You've also probably wondered, "Who did it? Why did they do it? What does it mean?" The mural was the inaugural collabo
