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“Flights Of Hope And Healing” Soars At The Hunter Museum

WUTC | By Ray Bassett

Published April 14, 2025 at 9:26 PM EDT

Part of the mural “Flights of Hope and Healing.”

(Aired Mon 4/07/25)

Rondell Crier is a multimedia artist here in Chattanooga who created a mural unveiled last year at the Hunter Museum of American Art.

“Flights of Hope and Healing” - standing 37 feet tall on the exterior of the east wing of the Hunter - was commissioned by the museum, and students at The STEM School here in Chattanooga worked with the artist on the project.

I spoke with Rondell - and Nandini Makrandi, the Hunter’s Chief Curator.

Rondell Crier, working on the “Flights of Hope and Healing” mural.

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