"What would make Greensboro a healthy city?" paints the little boy on the wall on the Lindsay Street side of the edible school yard at the Greensboro Children's Museum. As fast as the boy on the left can paint the question, in Wordle format, the boy in the middle paints cloud-like responses: people, living wages, acceptance, water, accessibility, heart, play.......
This wall began with a series of curbside conversations when people passing by were asked "What would make Greensboro a healthy city?" Muralist Kathleen Kennedy translated the common themes that emerged from the public responses into a 40-ft. mural. Judy Baca's "Great Wall of Los Angeles" inspired this project. (reference). Close to forty people contributed between $10-$100 to surpass the $2,000 funding needs to make this wall a reality. This is a great example of people coming together to make something wonderful for our city.
Downtown Greensboro is starting to get some great, painted walls (here, here, here,and here). If you like public murals, you will not regret taking the time to visit those four "here" click-throughs! If you get a chance, head to the Children's Museum to see the wall for yourself. We were only able to fit about 1/3 of it in this photo. It continues for several more feet!
Enjoyed learning about all the different walls around Greensboro. I especially like the "Water Flight" wall and will have to personally check out the wall at Lucky 32 and the African American Atelier's Bilingual Mural.
Posted by: Katja Brown | Monday, August 22, 2011 at 06:24 AM
Wow Katja! Impressive that you not only visited these walls virtually but plan to go in person! Let us know if you see something interesting to feature while you are out there!
We do know about City Arts' Creation Celebration at the Cultural Arts Center this Saturday from 12 noon to 4pm. All of the walls are within about 5 minutes from that celebration!
Have a great week.
Posted by: GreensboroDailyPhoto | Monday, August 22, 2011 at 06:32 AM
Neat! Fun! Reflective!
Posted by: Birdman | Monday, August 22, 2011 at 09:24 AM
Great mural. So life-like, at first glance I thought the child on the left was real : )
Posted by: barb farr | Monday, August 22, 2011 at 06:49 PM