New west Salem mural celebrates neighbors

When artists Kristin Kuhns and Stephanie Juanillo think of their newly installed mural in west Salem, they remember children running around and across it, and a football being tossed over its 36-foot diameter.

“All of these things, I think, just made the experience a lot more richer,” Juanillo said.

The community interaction with their art during June 2 neighborhood celebration brought validity and a lovely conclusion to an intense weekend of painting, Kuhns added, talking…