The Neighborhood Markers community mural, a large-scale public art project spearheaded by the Art Department at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ and the NEON District, was unveiled on Mother's Day at The CHKD Thrift Store on Monticello Avenue in Norfolk.
Local teens and adults participated in more than 300 painting visits for the "paint-by-number" process to create the mural. It was designed by Natalia Pilato, art education program director and assistant professor in the Department of Art, and her ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ students with input from the Young Terrace community. The 1,500-square-foot artwork represents community unity and celebrates neighborhood youths.
Other partners in the project include the Downtown Norfolk Council, P.B. Young Elementary School, Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Young Terrace Community Center and The Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters.
Neighborhood Markers Artists and community members came out Mother's Day Sunday to watch the unveiling of a 1500-square-foot mural on the exterior wall of the CHKD Thrift Store in Norfolk's NEON District. Photo Chuck Thomas/³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
Neighborhood Markers Natalia Pilato, director of art education at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ, gives Provost Austin Ahgo a sneak peek at the mural before the unveiling ceremony. Photo Chuck Thomas/³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
Neighborhood Markers ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ art student Carlie Kinzey takes photos of her new friends after the unveiling of the mural. Photo Chuck Thomas/³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
Neighborhood Markers Natalia Pilato describes the meaning of the 55 panels that makes up the mural. Photo Chuck Thomas/³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ
