Hollywood Park Community Conversations: Community Murals Sacramento

3901 Land Park Dr,Sacramento CA 95822

01 August, 2021

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Join us for some fun activities and help us plan a new mural for the Hollywood Park Community! The Sacramento Office of Arts + Culture, in partnership with your fellow community members, has commissioned local artists to create a community-based mural for the exterior wall of the business center at 4611 Freeport Blvd. Join the artists and community members to engage in some fun activities, learn more about the vision for the mural and provide input towards its design. August 1 • Sunday • 3 PM - 5:30PMLand Park: William A Carroll Amphitheater Come to the event considering these questions: What inspires you?What is home to you?What is important about your neighborhood to you?Be sure to follow the artists on Instagram for more updates on the mural project: Lead Artist: Jaya King @artchickjaya & @blackandwhite.jaya Assistant Artists: Nicole Kieth @rose.would_ Uli Smith @paintbyuli Amy Xin Zhang @amy_xin_zhang A community mural project allows an artist to collaborate with a community to achieve a result neither the artist nor the community could have achieved on their own. “This pilot program came directly out of discussions with the community when creating the City’s Creative Edge plan and Cultural Equity plan around infusing arts and culture into our neighborhoods and city council districts in Sacramento,” said Donald Gensler, the City’s public art project manager. “This is an exciting opportunity to bring community and artist collaborations to each district.” To learn more about each location and the artists, click here (PDF). Schedule of upcoming events: Design Unveiling: August TBD Painting Begins: September TBD Community Paint Day: October TBD Please contact our Hollywood Park Community Lead, Erin McSlavkin, at [email protected] if you have questions about this event, would like to provide your contact information to participate in our future meetings, or cannot make it and would like to submit your ideas. We care about your safety! This is an in-person, outdoor event. If you are not vaccinated for COVID-19, we ask that you take the following precautions to protect yourself & others: Wear a maskStay 6 feet away from othersGet vaccinatedPeople who have a condition or are taking medications that weaken the immune system, should talk to their healthcare provider to discuss what kind of activities they can do safely. They may need to keep taking all precautions to prevent COVID-19. Source: CDC