Community Mural Workshop at Rochester Art Center

30 Civic Center Drive Southeast,Rochester MN 55904

06 March, 2022

Description

Want to see your ideas in a public mural? Join artists Roshan Ganu & June Le in forming ideas for a public mural at Rochester Art Center. Community Mural Workshop Sunday, March 6th | 11 AM - 2 PM | FREE What and where is home? Is home a place, a smell, a memory, an object, a person? Want to see your experiences of “home” represented in a public mural? Join artists Roshan Ganu and June Le in generating ideas for a public mural to be painted in the Entry Corridor Gallery of the Rochester Art Center During this workshop Indian artist Roshan Ganu will help you spark your inner creativity in discussing “home”. Tell your story, sketch, paint, or write. Using community input such as words, sketches, symbols and more, Vietnamese artist June Le will shape these ideas and concepts into the final design. Participants are invited (but not required) to return to the Art Center to assist Le in painting the mural in early April (exact dates to be announced). As Rochester grows into a more diverse and international city, the Rochester Art Center strives to highlight and celebrate a plurality of voices through the stories of transplants, immigrants and long-time residents who decided to make Minnesota their home. The creation of a participatory mural in the Entry Corridor Gallery, located on the first floor at the Art Center, showcases this commitment and invites visitors to “meet” the people of Rochester as they enter the building. Input will be gathered from elementary aged students, high school students and adult community members in Rochester. This project is curated by Italian artist and Minnesota transplant, Zoe Cinel. Snacks provided. Cover Image: The Exquisite Mile, Sarah Beadle, 2016. Project of the Rochester Art Center and Rochester Downtown Alliance. Photo by Sarah Beadle. For more information on the mural pictured: https://www.downtownrochestermn.com/art/the-exquisite-mile Public Murals of Rochester, MN "Organically Yours" Liz Forsman and Leah Joy Bee 2019 Photo: Rochester Downtown Alliance Public Murals of Rochester, MN "Onward" Andriana Loecher 2020 Photo: RNeighbors - Rochester's Neighborhood Resource Center Public Murals of Rochester, MN "Total Arts Day Camp 50th Anniversary Mural" Maggie Panetta and Total Arts Day Camp students 2021 Photo: Kristen Lee for the Rochester Art Center