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Mural Art News Desk
Inspiration for the Mural News Blog:
Inspired by the honey bee hive , this mural news blog is about working together for the well being of the whole through the creation of public mural art. You'll read stories about how community members come together to create mural art that tell the story of their town. How some of the murals hold the brush strokes of dedicated townsfolk, both young and old. Stories about the challenges of the mural artists who render the sketches and how they bring the communities together to help paint these huge works of art. What has been realized is that the communities involved have a rise in local pride, the town upgraded itself more throughout and the economic impact was felt by everyone.Stories about other public art murals where individual artists were commissioned by a concerned town or townsfolk to beautify and show respect for their community are told on this blog. Some of these amazing murals are blocks long or hidden in bathrooms. Please join us on a fascinating journey into the deep valleys & the triumphs of the creation of huge works of public mural art.
Enjoy your journey into the Mural Art News Blog!
Doreyl Ammons Cain
(Doreylsart.com)
Mural Trail Director
(Discover the Appalachian Mural Trail)
Snowbird Community Spirit
Community spirit filled the air in Robbinsville, North Carolina these first days of May, 2021. Snowbird Cherokee artists gathered to help sketch the mural design and begin painting this award winning mural concept.The Pandemic had put the mural on hold for a year and most disturbing was the death of one of the lead artists, TJ Holland, the cultural resources manager for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and director of the Junaluska Memorial Museum in Robbinsville. Tj Holland had been the link between the Snowbird Community and the other lead artist, Doreyl Ammons Cain as well as ZSmith Reynolds who had bestowed a $50,000 grant award to the project through the efforts of the GREAT Group in Robbinsville.
A community effort from the beginning, Tj Holland introduced Doreyl Ammons Cain to the history of Snowbird through community meetings where stories of the lives of special women were told. Through listening to the stories Cain created a master sketch of the mural. Once the sketch was complete, Cain conducted mural painting workshops with 7 local Cherokee artists where they learned through watching Cain paint a mural panel. Each artist took a large art panel home to begin painting one of the special Snowbird women. Each artist is related to the women they painted.
Everyone took notice when the mural panels were placed on the outside of the old VFW building in historical downtown Robbinsville the first day of May. Even UNC PBS TV came to film the mural's beginning. The show of community spirit lives on in Robbinsville as 7 Snowbird artists are still busy painting the Snowbird women's story.
" TJ is smiling up there." says Nikki Nations, Cherokee artist.
The Snowbird Women's mural is already placed on the Appalachian Mural Trail, where you can view the mural once finished. Meanwhile the mural trail will be updating the mural's progress. To check out the Appalachian Mural Trail go to muraltrail.com where you'll find over 120 magnificent murals with maps and directions to find the murals in the mountains and piedmonts of North Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee.
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