Pathway to Hope Public Art Trail dedicated along I

Randy Krehbiel

Tulsa World Reporter

Mike Simons

Tulsa World Photojournalist

Overpasses make unlikely art galleries, but six of them opened on the north leg of downtown's inner dispersal loop Tuesday.

The Pathway to Hope Public Art Trail, a collaboration of the Oklahoma Arts Council and the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, features installations under the six Interstate 244 overpasses from Main Street to Greenwood Avenue. Each highlights an element of the historic neighborhood's culture.

"Public art is not just decoration. It is a declaration," said Oklahoma Arts Council Executive Director Amber Sharples during a dedication ceremony at the Greenwood Cultural Center. "It is memory etched into the landscape. … Public art has … emerged as a powerful vehicle for healing, resistance