The Brunswick-Trinidad Sister City Association and Mid-Coast Regional Arts Program
Present: Brunswick’s first community outdoor mural
“Dance of Two Cultures”
Reason for Mural: Brunswick’s sister city connection to Trinidad, Cuba is unique and extraordinary. In celebration of a five year commitment to this culturally rich World Heritage Site by UNESCO, we are planning a large vibrant mural to be placed in the downtown business district.
Mission Statement: To bring the diverse communities of Brunswick, Maine and Trinidad, Cuba together in a shared project that will add to the uniqueness and beauty of Brunswick’s downtown area and celebrate the sister city relationship.
- To create an opportunity for local artists, businesses, high school, middle school and Bowdoin College students and other community individuals, to work together to create a new artistic statement in the business area.
- To create a large bright area of color, beauty, movement and cultural significance and to broaden the base of community understanding of Trinidad, Cuba and the Brunswick-Trinidad Sister City Association.
List of Donors:
Newell & Heather Hamilton Auger
Bath Savings Bank
Macky Bennett
Lorraine Berté
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College Latin American Studies
William Brillant
Stephen Burke
Gregory Bussiere
Carrot Signs
Lorna & William Chafe
Rev. Stephen Concannon
William & Jill Cooney
Robert & Jean Parker Dale
Warren & Marilyn Dwyer
Pamela S. Edgerton
Frederick & Susan Elsaesser
Alfred & Phyllis Fuchs
George and Elizabeth Glover
A.L. & Pauline Greason
Patricia Harrington
Stanley & Ruth Johnson
Dorothy P. & Michael Jones
John S. Kaminski
Frederick & Natalie Kempner
Catherine M. Lamb
LOCA
Stanley & Loukie Lofchie
Deborah Luhrs & Winter Count
Cynthia Marsden
Harriet Mosher
Philip & Brook Nixon
Marlene Oliver
Steven Pelletier
Tina Phillips
Primo Cubano
Joyce M. Pye
Drs. Peter & Trudi Reisenberg
Eileen Robert
Larry Scott
Lydia Sparrow
Patricia & William Spock
St. Charles Borromeo Church
John Turner
David & June Vail
James Ward III & Mary Lee Parker Ward
Judy & Harry Warren
Len Westra and Beth Thompson
Genie & Nat Wheelwright
Steve & Susan Weems
Jan & Marty Wilk
Robert & Anne Woodbury
Maria Van Huystee Woodman
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Subject: The mural celebrates the cultures of Brunswick Maine and Trinidad Cuba and will include such scenes as a market place, baseball, music, dance, historic connections and local industries such as fishing and lobstering, The designs of Trinidad middle school students will be used on the tile-like arches in the mural that frame each scene. Sketches
Artist: Christopher Cart from Hallowell, Maine. Christopher has done various workshops with the Regional Arts Program in Augusta and Brunswick and has his art displayed in many local and statewide locations. (Résumé available.) www.cartgalleries.com
Location: Abracadabra – 11 Pleasant St.
This building will:
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Display the mural on the west side of the building.
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Create a space on the top floor for the artist and his crew to produce the panels.
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Create an art space, in the art gallery, to display the mural process from March’07 to March’08.
Process: The mural will consist of five panels, totaling approximately 8’ x 40’, that will be created off site and then installed. The mural will be maintained for ten years and then installed in a permanent indoor location.
Time Table: 2005 - Project created. Focus on community education and support. Create diverse community of painters.
2006 - Form - Steering Committee. Location selected. Search for project funding: Part A - Leadership Gifts. $30,000. by April. ‘07
2007 - “Creating Mural” workshops for middle-school and high school students. (Regional Arts Program) Begin working on panels. Public invited to view ongoing process at Abracadabra. Project funding continues. Part B- Community involvement
2008 - Painting continues. Fundraising continues, if necessary. Art Show of mural process at Abracadabra. Mural completed in 2’08. Mural installed by Cuba Week , 3’08. Big Celebration!
Funding: The financing of this project will come from local and statewide grants, community contributions, the sale of a commemorative pin, the sale of mural prints and other local fundraising efforts. The top four level donors will receive a print of the mural.
To make a contribution, click here
For more information: Susan Weems 729-7624 susanweems@gwi.net
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