If you don’t turn around, you might miss the newest art installation in Wetumpka.
A new mosaic created by Cuba, Alabama artist Linda Munoz can easily be missed even though it’s four feet wide and more than eight feet tall. It’s on the risers of the stairs from Main Street down to Coosa River near the Bibb Graves Bridge.
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