Visitors from near and far flocked to Brenham’s historic downtown square this past weekend for this year’s Texas Arts and Music Festival, featuring two new live mural installations by artists Toni Ardizzone and Floyd Mendoza.
Ardizzone’s mural is on the corner of South Park Street and East Commerce Street, sharing a wall with the Blind Billy Johnson piece by Levi Ponce during the 2021 TAMF.
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