Located 40 miles east of Columbus in Buena Vista, Pasquan dates back to the 1950s when founded by Eddie Owens Martin, later known as St. EOM. As the story goes, St. EOM received inspiration to create the site from a vision from the future, which instructed him to leave New York and to “return to Georgia and do something.” That “something” is today the immersive, internationally recognized, seven-acre visionary art environment known as Pasaquan.
The Pasaquan artscape includes six buildings adorned inside and out with vibrant colors and bold patterns comprised of human figures and nature imagery. The remainder of the space includes painted concrete walls connecting the buildings, sculptural elements, and thousands of St. EOM’s other artistic artifacts.
Columbus State assumed ownership of Pasaquan in 2014, and Department of Art students and faculty have worked alongside the Pasaquan Preservation Society since then to restore the site. Pasaquan is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.
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