Community Mural - Making Art Together

Gather with neighbors and friends old - and maybe new - to create a communal work of art on a large canvas. Artist Julio Desmont will lead this 2-hour journey using acrylic paints to encourage expression of "Resilience" as it relates to you, your family, and our community.

Resilience is a major theme from the book Gather by VT author Kenneth Cadow, which is Vermont Humanities' 2024-2025 Vermont Reads selection and was a finalist for the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, among numerous other prizes. Reading the book is not a prerequisite for the mural-making! (Although you may love this captivating and moving story of one boy's struggle towards adulthood in rural Vermont. The book may be borrowed from the Library.)

The finished mural will be on display in the library for a month.

A Vermont-based visual artist whose journey began in his early childhood in Haiti, Julio Desmont is passionate about education and community engagement and is guided by the belief that art is a universal language that can connect and uplift people across different walks of life.

Registration is limited to 24 people. For ages 12 and up. Please register by filling out this short form. Don't wait!