Photo Credit Phil O’Brien, 42nd Street News
Scaffolding is up for the wall repair. The mural has a chance to be painted - we have the approval of the Belkin Estate, a generous donation of Golden Paint from Golden Paints and Mark Golden, and all hands are on deck. We still need to raise the final funding needs and gain approval from the coop to proceed - any help in these departments would be graciously accepted. Crossing fingers this will be a go!
Photo Credit Phil O’Brien, 42nd Street News
Scaffolding is up for the wall repair. The mural has a chance to be painted - we have the approval of the Belkin Estate, a generous donation of Golden Paint from Golden Paints and Mark Golden, and all hands are on deck. We still need to raise the final funding needs and gain approval from the coop to proceed - any help in these departments would be graciously accepted. Crossing fingers this will be a go!
March 2021..
During this devastating year of COVID19 related hardship, we are hoping to bring a bright spot into 2021 and get a good start on the repair and painting of the long faded mural, “Against Domestic Colonialism.” Details to come, teaser is we are in discussion to get the mural painted with fingers crossed Spring 2021!
As of January 2020..
We are still here! The delays feel endless yet the 45th and 46 Street Block Associations, Hells Kitchen Commons, residents and mural team leaders, defenders of the Hells Kitchen neighborhood of the community, Chana Widawski, Steve Fanto, Kathleen Treat and artist Denise Penizzotto remain a core team of dedicated individuals representing the desire of the community and all of our supporters. (Thank you all.) We have had several meetings with the NYC District 3 City Council, with the NYC Park and Rec and with the coop whose wall the mural resides on, to ensure we have covered all the needs to proceed in saving this historic mural and neighborhood emblem.
We are working with the coop to see if a wall resurfacing can happen this year 2020. Once the wall is resurfaced painting will commence. With this in mind and our need to fund the scaffolding, we are reaching out to source funds to match what we have raised.
Thank you for continuing to check back - we all feel it is not “if” it will get done, it is “WHEN” it will get done!
May 16, 2018 / Update #4
Hello to all our mural supporters,
We have some good news and some news that is requiring an extra-ordinary amount of patience!
The good news: NYC Park and Rec have been diligently renovating the Mathews Palmer Playground for the community to receive a brand new community gathering space - opening will be announced and all will be invited to celebrate.
The "other" news: The wall repair issue is still in negotiations, we have not yet been able to begin mural work on the mural. With this delay it turns out we will need to raise scaffold funds after all, therefore needing to raise additional funds. I have adjusted our funds raised to reflect this need.
For those of you following our progress here you are aware of our on going efforts and continued community enthusiasm and diligence to keep this mural in the forefront for action in the minds of NYC Park and Rec, local and national art and community boards and "we the people"..
We want to say: Thank you all for keeping the faith!- please pass on to others!
