Volunteers Needed for Community Mural Making

Matt Villnave • October 21, 2022

Volunteers Needed!

Community mural making is coming to Main Street in the North End of Niagara Falls! Beginning today, Friday, October 21, and for the next week, two buildings will be beautified with public art murals on their boarded up storefronts. Located at 1708 Main Street and 2018 Main Street, the community mural making process will be led by artists Tyshaun Tyson and Amira Moore, alongside the Niagara Falls Murals team of the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area!!


We are excited to invite VOLUNTEERS to help paint the new murals, "History Lives Here" and "Imagine the Possibilities". We hope you can join us, everyone is welcome! The two murals will kick off the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area's upcoming Main Street public art and placemaking initiatives. Bringing art to community and community to art, together we will reflect on the past, celebrate the present and envision the future of our city.


LOCATIONS

1708 and 2018 Main Street, between the Niagara Falls Public Library and the Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center


DATES/TIMES

Friday 10/20, 3pm to 5pm

Saturday 10/22, 10am to 4pm

Sunday 10/ 23, 10am to 4pm

Monday 10/24 -- Saturday 10/29, 10am to 4pm

Snacks & water provided for VOLUNTEERS

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