SPRINGFIELD, ma

Participating artists:

Trish Cataldo

Sharona Leshner

SELF

Ryan Murray

NATURAL

Natasha Ortiz

Manuela Hincapie Vidal

Kimberley Hayes

A.J Johnson

2022

Fresh Paint Springfield, MA

The Community Mural Institute at Fresh Paint Springfield 2022 reinvented the CMI model to train 10 local artists in creating community-engaged polytab murals while recreating 2 historically significant AfriCOBRA murals. The two murals were originally painted in Springfield in 1974 by Nelson Stevens but both had been destroyed within a few years. The Wall of Black Music and Tribute to Black Women were recreated by the CMI participants under the guidance of CMI co-facilitator Greta McLain of GoodSpace Murals. Fresh Paint Springfield is run by Common Wealth Murals. Springfield, MA.