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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! The 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! The 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 |

The Urbana Free Library

Phone: 217-367-4057

Hours
Mon, Jul 07 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Tue, Jul 08 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Wed, Jul 09 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Thu, Jul 10 9:00AM to 9:00PM
Fri, Jul 11 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Jul 12 9:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Jul 13 1:00PM to 5:00PM

About the library

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

Upcoming events

Tue, Jul 08, 10:00am - 10:25am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Jul 08, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Jul 08, 7:00pm - 9:00pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Jul 09, 10:00am - 11:00am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Jul 09, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Jul 09, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Open Lab - The Lewis Auditorium

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

Thu, Jul 10, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Orchard Downs Community Center

Thu, Jul 10, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Jul 10, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
King Park

Thu, Jul 10, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sat, Jul 12, 11:00am - 11:45am
The Urbana Free Library - Megan's Reading Room,The Lewis Auditorium

Cancelled
Sat, Jul 12, 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Silver and Vawter

Sat, Jul 12, 2:00pm - 4:00pm
The Urbana Free Library - Corner lot at Race St. & Green St.

Sat, Jul 12, 3:00pm - 3:45pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Mon, Jul 14, 9:30am - 11:30am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Mon, Jul 14, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
The Urbana Free Library

Tue, Jul 15, 10:00am - 10:25am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Jul 15, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Jul 15, 6:00pm - 8:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - MacFarlane-Hood Reading Room

Wed, Jul 16, 10:00am - 11:00am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Jul 16, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Jul 16, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Open Lab - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Jul 16, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
The Urbana Free Library - Online

Thu, Jul 17, 10:00am - 10:30am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Jul 17, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sat, Jul 19, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Mon, Jul 21, 9:30am - 11:30am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Mon, Jul 21, 9:30am - 10:30am
The Urbana Free Library - Children's Area,Megan's Reading Room

Tue, Jul 22, 10:00am - 10:25am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Jul 22, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Jul 23, 10:00am - 11:00am
The Urbana Free Library - Megan's Reading Room

Wed, Jul 23, 10:00am - 11:30am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Jul 23, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Jul 23, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Open Lab - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Jul 23, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
The Urbana Free Library - MacFarlane-Hood Reading Room

Thu, Jul 24, 9:00am - 10:45am
The Urbana Free Library - Children's Area,Megan's Reading Room

Thu, Jul 24, 10:00am - 10:30am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Jul 24, 11:15am - 12:15pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Jul 24, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Jul 24, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Ivanhoe Estates

Fri, Jul 25, 3:00pm - 3:45pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sat, Jul 26, 8:00am - 12:00pm
Urbana Farmer's Market

Sat, Jul 26, 9:30am - 11:30am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Sat, Jul 26, 11:00am - 12:00pm
The Urbana Free Library - Busey-Mills Reading Room

Sat, Jul 26, 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Krannert Art Museum

Sun, Jul 27, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Mon, Jul 28, 9:30am - 11:30am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Mon, Jul 28, 12:00pm - 1:00pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Mon, Jul 28, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
The Urbana Free Library - MacFarlane-Hood Reading Room

Tue, Jul 29, 10:00am - 10:25am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Jul 29, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Jul 30, 10:00am - 11:00am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

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

Wed, Jul 30, 3:00pm - 5:00pm
Teen Open Lab - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Jul 31, 10:00am - 10:30am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Jul 31, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Fri, Aug 01, All day
The Urbana Free Library - Children's Area

Sat, Aug 02, 2:00pm - 3:00pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Mon, Aug 04, 9:30am - 11:30am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Aug 05, 10:00am - 10:25am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Aug 05, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Tue, Aug 05, 5:00pm - 8:00pm
Orchard Downs

Wed, Aug 06, 10:30am - 11:30am
Prairie Winds of Urbana - Dining Room

Wed, Aug 06, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Wed, Aug 06, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Aug 07, 10:00am - 10:30am
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Aug 07, 3:00pm - 5:30pm
The Urbana Free Library - The Lewis Auditorium

Thu, Aug 07, 5:30pm - 6:15pm
Urbana Park District Health and Wellness Center

Thu, Aug 07, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Blair Park