COMMUNITY MURALS – artist + community = murals
Far beyond simple beautification, artist-community collaborative murals strengthen communities as a community-building exercise that brings together all ages and projects their collective voice.
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT – COMMUNITY MURALS
Community Engagement is the cornerstone of the process of making a community mural. There are so many kinds of communities so your community might be a group of people from a neighborhood, school or church.
MURAL COSTS - COMMUNITY MURALS
The costs of a mural can vary greatly between artists depending on their experience, reputation and where they live. Murals can cost $10-$200 per square foot depending on the difficulty or intricacy of the design.
MURAL SUPPLIES - COMMUNITY MURALS
This is a basic list of supplies needed for the mural. An additional list specific to community paint days is also here. Paints; Stirring sticks; Paint can openers; Empty containers with lids or use plastic wrap on cups; Regular Rollers for background or large areas; Small rollers (not foam) for small simple areas; Extension handles for your ...
MURALISTS - COMMUNITY MURALS
If you consider yourself to be a community mural artist – send us your contact information, work area (how far you are willing to travel), examples of 3-5 works, website (if you have one) and/or social media handles.
RICHARD HARRISON – COMMUNITY MURALS
In community mural work you are facilitating the community to create a collaborative work of art. It usually takes months of listening and endless trial sketches to be sure you are capturing the imagination of the many participants.
ADVICE FOR ARTISTS - COMMUNITY MURALS
What is your advice to artists who aspire to paint community-based murals? Attend meetings and festivals of your community, spend time with them and get to know them. Make sure to invest time in getting out the word for events.
STEPS TO A MURAL - COMMUNITY MURALS
Connect with local art centers, university and galleries to get the word out locally DESIGN PROCESS – MEET WITH CHOSEN ARTIST (or artist team) MULTIPLE TIMES PAINT!
CHOOSING THE ARTIST – COMMUNITY MURALS
Choosing the right artist for your mural project is one of the most important steps of the process. One factor that needs to be determined by the community right away is to decide whether or not they prefer someone from their own community to be the chosen artist.
CURRICULUM – COMMUNITY MURALS
It is part of Joslyn Art Museum’s programming and a group of 3-5 high school students usually paint one mural per semester. They learn to listen to a client, take notes, to design collaboratively with each other and the mentor, and then to paint together.