Mural for Brookline Teen Center

Yes, yes; no new painting photos yet. I volunteered some time again today with Art Builds Community. They were meeting near my apartment to complete a mural for the upcoming Brookline Teen Center. (That's the director of the organization in the background with the blonde hair, Anyahlee Suderman.)

Above is a sketch of what the finished mural will look like. The mural will be suspended from the side of the Center once they settle the details of its location. Because it must be moved the mural was made on 6 sheets of 4' by 8' poplar panels which will be framed and bolted together for hanging.

Mural at the Walnut Street Center

This is what I did last night. It was pretty cool. The project was organized by a small local non-profit Art Builds Community. Earlier this summer I applied to work with another project of theirs and when I wasn't selected I asked that I be kept in the loop to volunteer if necessary. Well, Monday night I got the call or the email rather and agreed to show up at a home for adults in Somerville. We were just putting on the finishing touches and pulling together what the members of the home had produced themselves. It was a good chance to get out and to meet people. Surprisingly I found myself amongst a group of art therapists and I made a new friend. Read about the concurrent Chelsea Mass project here.