Two mural projects in Brunei offer insight into the specific and universal aspects of public art education and community art making. This article describes how the author used his initiative and experience as a muralist to plan and implement two community art research projects in Bandar Seri Begwan, the capital of Brunei Darussalam. A premise of these projects was that collaborative art learning and practice based experience in community murals can bring greater understanding of the visual arts as a cultural tool for understanding socially based ideas and concepts.