AHA brings art to the Aromas area through workshops, events, exhibits, public art, and through our mural program. Murals are designed and painted by AHA lead artists, sometimes with involvement from local residents.
Pajaro River Bridge Mural
The Pajaro River bridge leading into Aromas was a commonplace highway structure, often marred with tagging. Painting a mural on the bridge by community members proved a good way to personalize and beautify the entrance to Aromas.
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Aromas School Garden Murals
The Aromas School Garden Murals are now a more welcoming and inspiring place, with the addition of the vibrant paintings next to the school’s garden plot.
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Big Fish in a Small Town
A true community art piece, the Big Fish is a visual representation of Aristotle’s phrase, “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.“
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Aromas Library Mural
Meet Monterey County’s first librarian and her trusty steed in this historical illustration of our first librarian in the early 1900s. Sowing the seeds of knowledge are still yielding crops of new readers.
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Watsonville Wetlands Mural
The Watsonville Wetlands Watch provides education in environmental science with opportunities for wetlands restoration in Santa Cruz County.
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The Chicken Coop
In a perfectly disguised utility box next to our Town Square Park, these lucky chickens have a centrally located downtown home.
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Old Firehouse Murals
Central to many Aromas residents’ lives is our library. From story hour to homework sessions to audiobooks, residents appreciate the convenience of accessing library materials.
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Marshall's Service Mural
A masterful sleight of hand magically conjured an old time gas station and truck, with a roosting hen overseeing the traffic in downtown Aromas.
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