Photo by Albus Cavus on Flickr
WHAT: Edgewood Mural Jam
WHO: 100 public artists and the community painting a wall bigger than a football field
WHERE: Rhode Island Avenue Shopping Center, 680 Rhode Island Ave NE (behind the stores), next to Rhode Island WMATA Station on Red Line
WHEN: Saturday, August 15, 10:00 am to 8:00 PM
From the Albus Cavus press release:
Over the last eight weeks in DC, artists Decoy, Quest Skinner, Pose 2, Chor Boogie and Joshua Mays have been leading a group of young people from the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Summer Youth Employment Program to develop, design, and create a mural for the DC community. “From Edgewood to the Edge of the World” is the anchor art piece that reflects the souls of the artists and invites the public to imagine a new world. The Edgewood Mural Jam will nearly double the size of public art piece in one day as 100 artists have been invited to contribute their art. The mural walls are visible from the Rhode Island WMATA metro station on the Red Line and along the new Metropolitan Branch Trail.
The Edgewood Mural Jam is sponsored by the public art non-profit Albus Cavus and the DC Commission on Arts and Humanities, the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program, Liquitex, Beacon House, District Department of Transportation, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, and the Rhode Island Avenue Shopping Center.
Plus: snacks, DJs, and activities for kids. Click here to learn about efforts to create more public art in DC.
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Very nice. But did Albus Cavus receive a contract or a grant from DC? The organization is registered in DC as a New Jersey-based nonprofit corporation, and it does most of its activities there. This may allow it to contract with DC, but not to receive DCCAH grants, since most of its operations are in New Brunswick, NJ, and it appears that DCCAH grants can only be awarded to nonprofits that have their “principal place of business” in the District.
Albus Cavus was originally incorporated in NJ, but currently registered and operating in DC. The organization grew organically and attracted a lot of local artists in DC. Everyone who is actively involved with the organization in DC is a resident of DC. The District is the principal place of business.
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