Weather permitting, artist and College for Creative Studies instructor Jennifer Quigley will begin painting a mural on the side of the Carola Building -- in which she resides -- on June 28. Quigley, in partnership with the building's association, recently completed the permit approval process through the city and is ready to get started.
The mural is 50 feet tall by about 8 feet wide -- and, because of the large size, Quigley decided to keep the design relatively simple. "I wanted to paint something that I know, within myself, that I can paint in a week," she says. It will consist of colorful squares in a geometric pattern that resembles a "D."
The Carola building association is funding the mural, but Quigley hopes to make that money back with an ambitious unveiling party later this summer that will also benefit nonprofit organizations. "We actually are hopeful that this mural becomes this
template of how to go about this ... how much fun it can be ... how much money we raised for everyone," she says. "We want to show other neighborhood associations, other businesses that say, 'I don't know if we should really do art right now,' that this is how art will make money."
The Carola is located at 78 Watson in Brush Park. Read more about Quigley
here.
Source: Jennifer Quigley
Writer: Kelli B. Kavanaugh
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