Earth Celebrations
Engaging Communities to Generate Ecological and Social Change through the Arts

Memory Mural – East River Park 2022

A Community Environmental & Painting Project with Earth Celebrations’ Artist-in-Residence Katherine Freygang.

Earth Celebrations invites Lower East Side organizations, youth, students, schools, artists, and individuals to join our interactive Ecological City: Memory Mural-East River Park Project with our artist-in-residence Katherine Freygang.

  • DESCRIPTION– Participants are invited to create and contribute photocopies of photos, drawings and text memories of our beloved East River Park for the mural.  The mural will be painted in workshops in April and include collaged photos and text.  Search your phones, photo albums and mind for visuals and your favorite memories of East River Park, the shoreline, architectural features, trees, plants, flowers, ball fields, picnics and favorite events. You can include drawings of your memories, poems and any data and facts regarding features of the East River Park. The banner will be painted in workshops at Earth Celebrations and in collaboration local residents, youth and with various partner organizations including Lower East Side Ecology Center, Waterfront Alliance, University Settlement (PS63) and LUNGS-LES United Neighborhood Gardens. The finished mural will be displayed on a garden fence for the Ecological City – Art & Climate Solutions Pageant on Saturday May 14, 2022 from 11am-5pm.
  • CREATE –Please send color photocopies (or black and white) of photos, text and drawings transferred onto paper no larger than 8 1/2 x 11 sheet that could include several smaller size photos and text that can be used to collage into the mural. You can sign or type your name to the memory – add a date of the memory and other key information.

(EMAIL:  mail@earthcelebrations.com to request link to REFERENCE IMAGE TOOL KIT).

  • DELIVER by email by MARCH 15, 2022. Once you find your photos (or create drawings and text) photocopy them to an 81/2 x 11 paper, scan and send a PDF copy to Earth Celebrations via email with SUBJECT HEADER  “MEMORY MURAL IMAGES”

EMAILmail@earthcelebrations.com

SUBJECT HEADER MEMORY MURAL IMAGES

LINKS

EARTH CELEBRATIONS WEBSITE – www.earthcelebrations.com

ECOLOGICAL CITY – Slide-Video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GoWevNhBB0

ECOLOGICAL CITY – MORE INFO –  http://earthcelebrations.com/ecological-city-project/

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2022 MEMORY MURAL – EAST RIVER PARK Project Workshops

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Workshops in partnership with

Waterfront Alliance (TBC)

Lower East Side Ecology Center- Saturday April 16th

Earth Celebrations – 638 E. 6th Street -TBC

LUNGS (Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens) Spring Awakening – TBC

Participating Groups

University Settlement After School at PS63

Childrens Workshop School

Loisaida Inc. Center

Sixth Street Community Center

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MEMORY MURAL – EAST RIVER PARK – EXHIBITED

SATURDAY MAY  14 – ECOLOGICAL CITY – Art & Climate Solutions PAGEANT

The Memory Mural – East River Park and community climate solutions art visuals will be displayed for the Ecological City -Art & Climate Solutions Pageant on Saturday May 14th, 2022 on garden fences –  (6th & B Garden, El Jardin del Paraiso (4th St btw. Aves C & D), Green Oasis Garden (8th St btw Aves C & D), 9th & C Community Garden & La Plaza Cultural (9th St Ave C Sw Corner)