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

[Marsha Wyatt]

Greetings friends !
Just checking as I never received a DRAFT of the newsletter last week and I
haven't received a newsletter either. I know that there were some last
minute things going on, and just making sure that's the reason and that my
email at home and the garden is not the issue.

We have had the WORST time the last few days with the Garden email refusing
to deliver emails -- seems to be a server issue with multiple carriers.

Best,
Marsha

On Mon, Aug 17, 2020 at 11:22 PM Marsha Wyatt <mkwyatt1 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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