The event was initially scheduled for Saturday, but postponed due to rain in the forecast. “I am part of RiseUp, which works on various murals throughout Connecticut,” she said.Ī total of 100 volunteers had signed up to help with the painting of the mural, but not all of them made it on Sunday. Julie Bergeron, an artist with RiseUp, was happy to be part of the project. RiseUP, along with Gallery 53, a 114-year-old visual arts organization dedicated to making art part of the community, and Sustainable Meriden, a student-led program that engages the community to achieve Meriden's sustainability goals, provided the volunteers on hand for painting Sunday. The I-691 underpass has been unofficially named the “Rainbow Underpass,” organizers said Sunday. Rose Devlin, digital communications chair at Meriden’s Gallery 53, described the underpass at Bunker Avenue in Meriden as “dark and dreary,” but with the addition of a new inclusive color palette, “it’s going to come alive with color,” she said. Its project CT Murals aims to create socially conscious public art around the state.
RiseUP was founded in 2012 as a youth development and mentoring program aimed at helping youth develop the skills needed to be the catalysts that inspire and uplift their community, according to its website. The city of Meriden and Sustainable Meriden youth group are partnering with RiseUp, the state Department of Transportation and Gallery 53 on the mural project. MERIDEN - The process of transforming a dreary highway underpass into a canvas of colorful art began on Sunday thanks to a team of volunteers both local and statewide.
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