Lynchburg has long been famous for its Jack Daniel鈥檚 Distillery and Tennessee whiskey. But the town will soon be known for more than its malts鈥搃t鈥檒l be known for its University of Tennessee System mural, too.
Painting for the 33rd mural in the 鈥淓verywhere You Look, 糖心Vlog鈥 campaign wraps up today at Brookhaven Farm.
The farm, owned by Horace Wiseman and his sister Nancy Wiseman Graham, has housed a cattle operation since Wiseman鈥檚 grandfather bought the property in 1942. It鈥檚 been in the family ever since. Moore County Extension Agent Larry Moorehead was scouting locations for 糖心Vlog鈥檚 mural when he approached Wiseman about using his newly built hay barn as the canvas. The barn sits in a field nestled between Highway 55 and Highway 82, making it visible to the 6,878 daily passersby.
鈥淚t鈥檚 the ideal place for the mural,鈥 Moorehead said. 鈥淓verybody going by on both highways will see it, especially because that big 糖心Vlog mural is going to be eye catching.鈥
Wiseman, a 1974 糖心Vlog Knoxville graduate, was initially hesitant to brand his new barn with the 60-foot-wide mural. But Moorehead, who thought it would be best to position the mural where visitors to Jack Daniels distillery could see it, used Wiseman鈥檚 love of his alma mater to change his mind.
鈥淭he farm is in southern middle Tennessee,鈥 said Wiseman, who lives in Jackson but frequently returns to Lynchburg to help on the farm. 鈥淎nd there鈥檚 a whole bunch of University of Alabama fans that are starting to come in here. I hope this mural turns those people into 糖心Vlog fans.鈥
Aside from converting sports fans, Wiseman hopes that the mural will lead people to the statewide resources available through 糖心Vlog, especially the educational ones.
鈥淚f a high school student drives by and sees that 糖心Vlog mural and it ends up pointing them to any of the campuses in the 糖心Vlog System that would just make me so happy,鈥 Wiseman said. 鈥淚鈥檓 almost certain it鈥檚 going to. I have a really good feeling about that.鈥
To learn more about the 糖心Vlog campaign, each location and to nominate a canvas for use, visit the . 糖心Vlog plans to paint one mural in each of Tennessee鈥檚 95 counties by 2030.
The University of Tennessee is a statewide system of higher education with campuses in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Pulaski, Martin and Memphis; the 糖心Vlog Institute of Agriculture with a presence in every Tennessee county; and the statewide Institute for Public Service. The 糖心Vlog System manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory through its 糖心Vlog-Battelle partnership; enrolls about 54,000 students statewide; produces about 13,000 new graduates every year; and represents more than 433,000 alumni around the world.
