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Design a Mural for Downtown Urbana!

2021-05-08 14:00:00 2021-05-08 14:45:00 America/Chicago Design a Mural for Downtown Urbana! Urbana Free Library - Online

Saturday, May 08
2:00pm - 2:45pm

Add to Calendar 2021-05-08 14:00:00 2021-05-08 14:45:00 America/Chicago Design a Mural for Downtown Urbana! Join the wait list by April 29 for a chance to help design a new mural that will be painted in downtown Urbana this summer! Urbana Free Library - Online

Join the wait list by April 29 for a chance to help design a new mural that will be painted in downtown Urbana this summer!

Work with professional muralist Langston Allston to design a reading-themed mural.  Later this summer, we will paint the mural on a building in downtown Urbana for everyone to enjoy.  This is your chance to learn how to create a mural and design a piece of artwork that will decorate downtown Urbana for years to come!

Because the design will be created over multiple meetings, attendance at all meetings is required.  Please register only if you are able to attend all of the meetings. 

There are 12 open spaces for this program.  Since there are more people interested in the program than there are spaces, the spaces will be drawn at random between those who are registered and those who are wait listed.  Participants have until April 29 to sign up and will be notified by April 30 if they have received a spot.  If a space becomes free later, another participant's name will be drawn.

If you are not able to take part in the design phase, you can still participate in painting the mural later this summer!  Sign-up for painting will open mid-summer.

Langston Allston has been creating public art and showing work nationally since 2017.  His portfolio includes a residency with the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago, a duo show with Demond Melancon at MOCADA in Brooklyn, and a multimedia collaboration with poet Kevin Coval on his book Everything Must Go.  Langston's work is rooted in observation and storytelling, and his mural work comes from a process of collaboration, reflection, and working closely with peers, community members, and culture bearers.

Paid for in part by the City of Urbana Arts and Culture Grant and The Urbana Free Library Foundation.

AGE GROUP: | Middle School Students | High School Students | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Teen | Adult |

TAGS: | Art |

Urbana Free Library

Phone: 217-367-4057

Hours
Mon, Apr 15 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Apr 16 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Apr 17 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Apr 18 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Apr 19 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Apr 20 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Apr 21 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the library

Conveniently located at the corner of Race and Green in downtown Urbana.

Upcoming events

Thu, Apr 18, 10:00am - 10:30am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Apr 18, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Apr 18, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Fri, Apr 19, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Urbana Free Library - Library

Sat, Apr 20, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sat, Apr 20, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sat, Apr 20, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Urbana Free Library - Children's Area

Sun, Apr 21, All day
Urbana Free Library - Library

Sun, Apr 21, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sun, Apr 21, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Urbana Free Library - Busey-Mills Reading Room

Sun, Apr 21, 3:00pm - 3:45pm
Urbana Free Library - Megan's Reading Room,Children's Area

Mon, Apr 22, 9:30am - 11:30am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Mon, Apr 22, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Apr 23, 10:00am - 10:25am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Apr 23, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Apr 24, 10:30am - 5:30pm
Lincoln Square Mall

Wed, Apr 24, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Apr 25, 9:00am - 11:00am
Chesterbrook Academy

Thu, Apr 25, 10:00am - 10:30am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Apr 25, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Fri, Apr 26, 9:00am - 11:00am
Chesterbrook Academy

Fri, Apr 26, 11:00am - 1:00pm
I-Hotel

Sat, Apr 27, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Urbana Free Library - Children's Area

Mon, Apr 29, 9:30am - 11:30am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Apr 30, 10:00am - 10:25am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Apr 30, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Apr 30, 6:15pm - 7:30pm
Leal Elementary School

Wed, May 01, All day
Urbana Free Library - Children's Area

Wed, May 01, 9:00am - 11:00am
Bradley Learning Center

Wed, May 01, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Urbana Free Library - The Satterthwaite Conference Room

Wed, May 01, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, May 01, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Urbana High School

Wed, May 01, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Urbana Free Library - Busey-Mills Reading Room

Thu, May 02, 10:00am - 10:30am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, May 02, 10:30am - 11:30am
Priarie Winds of Urbana

Thu, May 02, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sat, May 04, All day
Urbana Free Library - Library

Sat, May 04, 10:00am - 12:00pm
Urbana Free Library - Cherry Alley

Sat, May 04, 1:30pm - 2:15pm
Urbana Free Library - Busey-Mills Reading Room

Sat, May 04, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Urbana Free Library - Children's Area

Sun, May 05, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Urbana Free Library - Busey-Mills Reading Room

Mon, May 06, 9:30am - 11:30am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, May 07, 10:00am - 10:25am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, May 07, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, May 07, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Urbana Free Library - Online

Wed, May 08, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, May 09, 10:00am - 10:30am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, May 09, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sat, May 11, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sat, May 11, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Urbana Free Library - Children's Area

Mon, May 13, 9:30am - 11:30am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, May 14, 10:00am - 10:25am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, May 14, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, May 14, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
Urbana Free Library - MacFarlane-Hood Reading Room

Tue, May 14, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, May 14, 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Urbana Free Library - Online

Wed, May 15, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Urbana Free Library - The Satterthwaite Conference Room

Wed, May 15, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, May 15, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Urbana Free Library - Online

Thu, May 16, 10:00am - 10:30am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, May 16, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sat, May 18, 11:00am - 11:45am
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sat, May 18, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Douglass Annex - 804 N 5th St, Champaign, IL 61820

Sat, May 18, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sat, May 18, 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Urbana Free Library - Children's Area