[Communications] RECAP - MAXWELL GARDEN MURAL DEDICATION AUGUST 11th

[Marsha Wyatt]

Hi Amy -
thanks SO much !
Marsha
630-210-1589

On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:07 PM Amy Olson <akeo at me.com> wrote:

> Thanks Marsha!
>
> I’ll send you our draft of your article for the newsletter and website
> tomorrow so you can take a look.
>
> Amy
>
> On Aug 17, 2020, at 5:06 PM, Marsha Wyatt <mkwyatt1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Commander Gabriella Shemash of 012 District Chicago Police Department
> joined Marsha Wyatt, Garden co-president,  Anne Farley Gaines, mural
> program director, gardeners and members of the community   to "cut the
> ribbon" to dedicate the new Welcome Garden Mural "Continuous Growth" on
> August 11th.
>
> This was the first of three murals to be created at The Maxwell Street
> Community Garden. Pilsen artist Anne Farley Gaines  designed the
> Continous Growth mural series last summer as a way to beautify the concrete
> barriers that were left on the property by CHA.  With Anne's help, MSCG
> applied for and secured a Grant from Chicago Housing Community Services
> (CHCS), a new arm of CHA, in spring of 2020 for $5000 to cover the cost of
> the first mural.
> This is the first public art project funded by CHCS.
>
> Students who live nearby and worked on previous murals with Anne at Jane
> Addams Community Center on Loomis were selected to work on this project to
> teach them advanced mosaic skills. Students Andrew Epps, Brianna and
> Marshanda Norwood and Jade Shumpert worked individually and
> collaboratively, beginning with supplies at home in April during the
> shelter-in-place order and moving to the Garden in May. Cumulatively, the
> students worked over 200 hours, with Anne investing many more.  Students
> were paid $10/hour for their efforts in this educational program.
>
> The Garden's  partnership and friendship with 012 Community Policing is
> important, as our greenspace provides not only a place for members to grow
> fresh vegetables for their families and to share with our community
> neighbors, but a place where the community comes together to beautify the
> land through planting, growing,  and now creating art.  During the pandemic
> Maxwell Garden has provided a safe place for members, friends and neighbors
> to gather outdoors to visit or share a meal, for book clubs and other
> community organizations to meet in a safe, socially distanced manner.
> We've seen so many "new faces" this season as a result, have shared much
> knowledge about planting and our community giving, and have gained over 12
> new "friends of the garden" - people who live nearby who joined simply to
> help out so they can be outdoors and share our greenspace.
>
> Facebook:  Maxwell Street Community Garden
> You Tube: Take a quick Tour of The Garden, or view the Dedication Ceremony
> at using these links:
> 1 minute Garden video
> https://youtu.be/XvBJaXn_m44
>
> 7 minute presentation video
> https://youtu.be/1Yp4pxfwrP0
>
>
> Photos attached.
> 1-15th Ward Alderman Byron Sigcho-Lopez with Anne Farley Gaines and Marsha
> Wyatt
> 2- 012 Sgt Mark Czapla, Mary Vega, Nancy Plax of Connecting4Communities,
> Garden co-presidents Eric McKamey and Marsha Wyatt and mascot Girl Friday
> 3-Marsha Wyatt and Commander Shemash
> 4-Anne Gaines and Marsha Wyatt tell history of Project.
>
> <8-11-20_Ald Lopez w_AFG and MKW at MSG Dedication.JPG>
> <8-11-20_co-pres_CPD_community.JPG><8-11-20_Cmdr Cutting Ribbon w_MKW.jpg><8-11-20_Gaines
> _Wyatt Dedication Ceremony.jpg>
>
>
>
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