The Carmel Clay Public Library (CCPL) has announced that Connor Heagy is the winner of its Teen Mural Contest. Heagy’s artwork will be featured on a large mural within the new Teens Area at the expanded Main Library, which will reopen to the public this fall.
The Carmel High School senior credits the art classes he took during family trips to Taiwan for helping him develop an early love of art. He was inspired to enter the library’s mural contest by CHS art teacher Andrew Murray.
Heagy’s colorful design features quirky characters that grew out of doodles he sketched during class lectures.
“I was thinking about how these characters relate to teen life,” Heagy said. “I create all these characters and make them kind of grow into the piece and create this fluidity of characters that will create a story for themselves.”
The finished mural will delight library patrons of all ages who will find repeated enjoyment in its details.
“You can actually see newer things and have a new experience every single time,” Heagy points out. “A lot of people can relate to the mural as it’s kind of silly and brings out your inner child.”
The mural will be located above study rooms and program space in the library’s new first-floor Teens Area. In addition to having his art featured in the library, Heagy will receive a $2,000 stipend.
The expanded Main Library will reopen this fall at 425 E. Main St., Carmel. For more details about the project, including a video interview with Connor Heagy, visit carmelclaylibrary.org/main-library-project.