71 Avenue A, Turners Falls, MA 413-648-SHEA

You're invited! Community Input Session for the New Mural!

Thursday, June 13, 2024, 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm
Free. All are welcome!

You are Invited!

Community Input Session for New Mural!

Thursday, June 13, 2024

Shea Theater Arts Center

71 Avenue A, Turners Falls

5-7pm

The goal of this community input session is to generate themes for the Shea Theater mural that are relevant to Turners Falls and its residents. These themes will be used by the selected muralist, Darion Fleming, to create draft designs for consideration and approval by the Shea Mural Steering Group.

Rigorous community input is essential to this process. Please join us! All are welcome!

AGENDA

5:00pm: Pizza/beverages offered in the lobby

5:30pm: Welcome by Suzanne LoManto, RiverCulture Program Director, inside the theater.

5:35pm: “The Shea Mural in Context” a short presentation by Britt Ruhe, Commonwealth Murals Executive Director.

5:50pm: Meet the selected muralist, Darion Fleming, via ZOOM

6:00PM: Easy, interactive activities to generate information and context to share with the muralist, facilitated by Britt Ruhe.

7:00PM: Announcements: painting timeline and next steps

For more information about this project, please visit: https://montague-ma.gov/p/1539/?cache=0

For questions/comments, please contact: Britt Ruhe, Common Wealth Murals at britt@commonwealthmurals.org

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors and Underwriters

Australis Aquaculture • Artisan Beverage Cooperative • Benjamin Company • Berkshire Brewing Company • Cohn and Company Real Estate Agency • Community Credit • Common Capital • Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts • Connecticut River Internists • Dean's Beans • Easthampton Savings Bank • FirstLight GDF Suezna • Gill Tavern • Goff Media • Great Falls Harvest • Green River Festival • Greenfield Community College • Greenfield Cooperative Bank • Greenfield Savings Bank • Loot • Massachusetts Cultural Council • Montague Bookmill Montague WebWorks • Northeast Solar • People's Pint • Rainmaker Consulting • The Rendezvous • Solar Store of Greenfield • Stobierski and Connor • Told Video • True North Transit • Turn It Up

Exciting News for A Happening IV: Leviathan

Cloudgaze and Eggtooth Productions are thrilled to announce that we have received a generous grant from the Markham-Nathan Fund for Social Justice to support our 2024 Immersive Arts Festival, “A Happening IV: Leviathan.”

This festival will transform the Shea Theater into an exploration of theme, hosting installations, music, theatrical performances, and movement pieces, featuring the collective contributions of over 30 local artists. Audiences will experience otherworldly environments and narratives inspired by folklore, fairy tales, horror motifs, American literature, and the mythos of the Old Testament, all of which delve into the central question guiding the festival: "What does it mean to encounter something greater than yourself and to be consumed by it?" Through this theme, we explore how a community reemerges and imagines itself after destruction and transformation.

With the support of the Markham-Nathan Fund, we are excited to create an event that complicates perspectives and fosters meaningful dialogue. We are grateful for this partnership and for the work of the Markham-Nathan Fund for Social Justice.

Thanks to the Mass Cultural Council for their vital support this year.We'd also like to thank the Community Foundation of Western Massachusetts for their support in the form of a Flexible Funding grant. We couldn't do this work without you!