Kids And Adults Can Add To Mural Project In Maplewood This Week

MAPLEWOOD, NJ — "Making art is always about starting a conversation," say the organizers of the community-based mural project, "Rivers," in Maplewood. Through this Saturday, July 23, they've invited people to sign up online for a timeslot to paint their own part of the project.

"You are invited to participate in 'Rivers,' the Yale and Springfield Avenue Corner Mural Project, conceptualized by local artists Barbara M. Bickart (Fire in the Belly Artmaking) and Andrew Dean, together with 15 of our young local artists," organizers say.

The project is sponsored by the Springfield Avenue Partnership through the Neighborhood Preservation Program.

They added, " 'Rivers' is a community-based, public art project open to participants five years and older, who are interested in adding their voice through color, line & shape to this collaborative painting project, facilitated on-site by Barbara M. Bickart and co-facilitators Jennifer McClory and Katey Darago."

Sign up to add a "doodle design" or your own, or one that they provide.

"Either way, please come on out to celebrate the vibrancy of this amazing community by spending some time painting together and visiting," said the artists. "Making art is always about starting a conversation. Come celebrate who we are and take up some colorful space of your own inside the 'banks' of this River."

You can tell them the size of your group under "quantity."

Sign up here.