Noblesville student artwork featured along new Pleasant Street corridor

The Noblesville Utilities Department worked with Noblesville Schools to incorporate student artwork on the wastewater tanks at the treatment facility, which runs along the newly opened Pleasant Street corridor. The artwork is part of a collaboration to incorporate student artwork into the community and beautify the new corridor.

The student artists are 2024 Noblesville High School (NHS) graduates Abbie Martz and Rihanna Hartman and junior Michael Taylor.

The banners designed by Michael Taylor (top), Rihanna Hartman (middle), and Abbie Martz (above). (Art provided)

“The Reimagine Pleasant Street Project is more than an infrastructure project and the collaboration with student artists further enhances this new corridor in our community,” Mayor Chris Jensen said. “Incorporating local art has been a major piece to the project, and we appreciate the students taking the time to design Noblesville-branded murals that will be displayed for the thousands of motorists and pedestrians that will pass by along this new roadway and trail.”

NHS junior Michael Taylor is one of three student artists selected by the city. (Photo provided by City of Noblesville)

Noblesville Utilities Director Jonathan Mirgeaux organized efforts for students to design artwork for the wastewater tanks on the grounds of the Noblesville Utilities Department. NHS Art Department Chairwoman Livia Briar tasked her two Digital Design classes with coming up with ideas. Students needed to incorporate the city logo and make designs to the specific dimensions of the concrete drums.

“The students really put a lot of thought into their designs, and every student in my two classes submitted one,” Briar said. “I had students who incorporated depictions of Indiana wildlife and flowers, geometric patterns, and a variety of scenes. There was a ton of variety in the designs.”

Last month, the Utilities Department had volunteers come out and paint the murals on three tanks.

“I am really thrilled that the city reached out to us and gave students the opportunity to create something for their hometown,” Briar said. “The opportunity for applying the graphic design skills they had learned in class to a real-world public art project was unmatched. And the finished paintings look absolutely amazing. I’m so proud.”

Photo provided by City of Noblesville