UPDATED 8/9/07
LAST NIGHT, AT A SPECIAL FRENCHTOWN PLANNING BOARD MEETING, OUR MURAL PROJECT WAS APPROVED! SO, THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, I WILL BEGIN TO PREPARE THE WALL, PUT THE BASE COATS DOWN, AND HOPEFULLY BEGIN TO SKETCH OUT THE DRAWING. ON SATURDAY MORNING, ADRIENNE WILL BE AT THE SITE TO START PAINTING!
SO ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN AT THE MURAL MEETING, COME DOWN SO WE CAN BEGIN. IF YOU CANNOT MAKE IT, CONTACT ME SO WE MAKE SURE A PIECE OF THE MURAL IS YOUR TO PAINT WHEN YOU GET THERE.
I took my kids to Venice Beach on our way to spent Easter Vacation at my brother’s home in San Diego this past spring. Venice turned out to be our most favorite place. Being a skateboarder, my son Jack recognized the long beach walls as well known skateboarding backdrops. The wall along the beach was transformed 3 times in the 1 week we were in California. It was pure energy, pure entertainment. The art being made and sold by the folks that lived along the walk by the beach, was affordable and filled with amazing energy and honesty. We bought a couple of wonderful pieces, one that I have to cut in half to get into a duffle bag, and reassemble when we arrived back home.
The visit to Venice beach recharged a waning passion for the pure joy and value of color, imagery and just ‘MAKING THINGS” with the hands, the eyes and the spirit. There were murals everywhere, some really good some not so good, but always changing and evolving. I wondered why we did not have more murals at home near our river.
So, my kids, Ripley and Jack, and a slew of kids from Frenchtown and the area surrounding, have come through with some really great energy to help make this mural happen on the north facing wall of 108 Harrison Street in Frenchtown. We wanted to start in June, but a series of setbacks is slowing us down. Currently, we have Adrienne Crombie – the muralist who painted the Milford mural on the post office, and the current mural on the west facing wall of 108 Harrison Street and Don (her partner), and I and about 15 teenagers 14 & up on board to make this project happen. This project is a fundraiser for The River Union Stage, and we are proud that RUS our not-for-profit sponsor under their outreach program.
This Wednesday, August 8th, at 7:30 pm, at the Frenchtown Borough Hall on 2nd Street, the planning board is graciously holding a special session to view our application for this mural. If our project is approved, we will begin this project immediately.
We are looking for sponsors to help pay for this mural. More information for tax deductable donations to help fund this wonderful beautifying and educational project will be posted on this blog very soon! You can also donate through Civilian.
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