CEZ Kicked Off Chroma Zone 2021 with a BANG!
The CEZ kicked off a summer of mural-making on May 22 with an outdoor celebration featuring live art and music, hands-on activities, food and more. The temperature and mood were high as over 1,200 people stopped by for a safe and socially distanced afternoon of wonder, anticipation and joy. It was great to see old faces and new, and people coming together after so long apart.
Better yet, the CEZ has added five new public murals at the corner of Capp Rd. and Hersey St., and another two-story mural on the south wall of The Wycliff — all on the north end of the Creative Enterprise Zone.
The artistry of Focus Smith, Tom Jay, Daren Hill and Nu-One can be seen on the four walls of a pole barn at Bang Brewing, while Jordan M. Hamilton’s mural is right next door on a semi-trailer at Urban Growler Brewing. All were created as part of the CEZ’s first-ever BANG IT! Mural Meet, a four-day live painting event curated by creative partner Peyton Scott Russell of House of Daskarone and SPRAYFINGER.
Designed to spotlight early-career artists with backgrounds in street and graffiti art as they transition to muralism, this 2021 program was made possible with a grant from the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC.)
