On Friday July 31st, the Community Building & Organizing team received exciting news – the City’s Department of Arts, Culture & Tourism will be awarding $750 to support our Farmington Canal Greenway Community Mural project!This grant award is provided through the Mayor’s Community Arts Grant Program.
The Farmington Canal Greenway Community Mural is an initiative to install a new mural painting along the Farmington Canal Greenway trail in Newhallville. There are numerous benefits to public art, and with this mural we hope to affirm Newhallville as a healthy and welcoming neighborhood. The mural will depict runners utilizing the Greenway Trail, which we believe will raise awareness and interest in the trail as a means of healthy recreation and alternative transportation. Earlier this spring, we received our first financial contribution from the Awesome Foundation of Connecticut, and with this second award we can now move on to purchasing our painting supplies!
The CB&O staff deeply appreciates the ongoing commitment of local artist Kwadwo Adae, who will be designing and developing the mural. With generous support from the Mayor’s Community Arts Grant Program and The Awesome Foundation, we are confident that we will produce a highly valuable art piece that can be shared and enjoyed by all of the residents of Newhallville! In the coming weeks, we will be asking residents to join us in painting Kwadwo’s design – stay tuned!
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