GREELEY, CO— Greeley’s first ever out of doors mural competition, WeldWalls, is making its mark on the Metropolis’s public artwork panorama this Fall. The five-day competition will happen September 17 – 21, including a set of latest large-scale murals to Downtown Greeley. The competition is being produced by artist supervisor and artistic entrepreneur Briana Harris and visible artist Armando Silva, each long-time residents of Greeley and members of its inventive group. The workforce is partnering with WeldWerks Brewing Co. because the competition website location; the brewery will contribute out of doors partitions at their brewery campus for transformation by the competition artists, and can host a number of competition occasions on website all through the week.
The competition will embody a lineup of a minimum of six artists or artist groups who will create new authentic murals over the five-day competition span. The artist lineup will probably be break up between native artists dwelling and dealing in Greeley, and artists hailing from different communities throughout Colorado and past. The competition will conclude with a free group celebration and unveiling occasion on Saturday, September 21, held at WeldWerks on 508 eighth Ave in Greeley, CO. As well as, the competition will current quite a lot of public programming all through the week, together with artist talks, workshops, and group activations.
“We’re aiming for an actual sense of cultural alternate the place our viewers is launched to new artists working on the highest ranges on this medium, and our visiting artists and out-of-town attendees are launched to every part our native artists and artistic group has to supply,” says Harris. “ We need to make it clear: Greeley is a spot the place leading edge public artwork occurs.”
Silva and Harris first met by Greeley’s inventive group, and ultimately started working collectively as an artist and supervisor workforce.
“My very own background and inventive follow is in music,” says Harris, who has carried out with and managed the Northern Colorado band The Burroughs for a decade. “I discovered loads of the abilities I utilized in music administration have been priceless in working with visible artists. Armando and I’ve all the time related on the best way we take into consideration creativity, entrepreneurship, and group constructing.”
The official artist lineup announcement for WeldWalls is anticipated for announcement in June 2024. Full competition schedule and particulars will arrive in Summer time 2024. To be taught extra, go to weldwalls.com.
About WeldWalls
WeldWalls is a brand new out of doors mural competition hosted in Greeley, CO. It would create 6 new murals by 6 artist groups, accomplished over a 5 day span in September ‘24. Murals will all be put in on the campus of WeldWerks Brewing, and will probably be accessible to the general public for years to come back.The competition will end in new items added to the Metropolis’s public artwork assortment, a model new group artwork occasion, elevated tourism for the town, a brand new community of related artists, and an up to date search for a part of Downtown Greeley that provides to the Metropolis’s rising profile as a frontrunner in modern public artwork programming. The competition is produced by Briana Harris (proprietor and supervisor, Harris Artist Administration) and Armando Silva (artist, Silva Studios).
ABOUT WELDWERKS BREWING CO.
Established in 2015, WeldWerks Brewing Co. is an award-winning craft brewery and kitchen positioned in Greeley, Colorado acknowledged for brewing an array of beer types together with Juicy Bits, some of the extremely regarded IPAs within the nation. Comprised of a passionate group of people devoted to bringing modern and high quality craft beer to the group it serves, WeldWerks Brewing has garnered quite a few medals and acclaim on the best way, together with being named one of the best new brewery within the nation by USA Right this moment in 2016 and a number of medals at each the Nice American Beer Pageant and World Beer Cup. At WeldWerks, being “dialed-in” is a lifestyle, serving to to make sure excellent excellence in craft beer, tasty eats, and past.
