Recently, I was able to help out with a community mural for the Mural-In-A-Day project sponsored by Regional Artisans Association (RAA), the non-profit that houses Art in Public Places and the Scotts Valley Artisan store where 150 local artists sell their work. Dawn Teal is the president of RAA director of the Scotts Valley Artisans non-profit along with her mother Pam Nielsen. They are the forces behind the the happenings in the RAA and the store. Artists and non-artists alike painted for several hours at a time in order to help complete the large project on a wall of Nob Hill Foods in Scotts Valley.
The mural is a tribute to Emile and George Ow family who own the shopping center and who opened the first market there years ago. Aidan McCarty, a local art major at UC Santa Cruz had the winning design and was the "Master Muralist" for the May 18 event. It was a very fun experience that I will repeat in August when another mural is planned. Scotts Valley is beginning to be an art destination with the murals and the Scotts Valley Artisan store where I have some of my own work for sale.