Upper Room Outreach founder Lasharee Rogers and local artist Carla Garrison-Mattos came together to create a community mural at the Upper Room Outreach and Kids Academy to show community togetherness.
Victoria Young, Independent Tribune
Community members dropped by Aug. 22 to help paint the mural. Residents had a chance to place their hands on the mural and create seeds for the sunflowers.
Victoria Young, Independent Tribune
Community members were creative with their hand prints, creating their own designs before placing their hand on the wall.
Victoria Young, Independent Tribune
There was a paint station where people could put on a glove before painting their hand with a rainbow of colors.
Carla Garrison-Mattos, an artist in Charlotte, was approached by Lasharee Rogers about a mural commission. After Rogers saw a mural Garrison-Mattos had completed in another area, she contacted Garrison-Mattos over social media.
Carla Garrison-Mattos made several sketches of some of the features that will be in the mural. One of them will be the words “Together we are stronger” spelled out in English and American Sign Language.
Community members dropped by Aug. 22 to help paint the mural. Residents had a chance to place their hands on the mural and create seeds for the sunflowers.
Community members were encouraged to come out from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. to help create the community mural. Residents put on a glove, painted their hand and placed it in the center of the sunflowers dotting the mural, creating what Garrison-Mattos called the seeds.
Community members dropped by Aug. 22 to help paint the mural. Residents had a chance to place their hands on the mural and create seeds for the sunflowers.
Victoria Young, Independent Tribune
Community members were creative with their hand prints, creating their own designs before placing their hand on the wall.
Victoria Young, Independent Tribune
There was a paint station where people could put on a glove before painting their hand with a rainbow of colors.
Victoria Young, Independent Tribune
There were multiple sunflowers for residents to chose from to place their hands.
Victoria Young
Several residents put shapes into their had designs. And despite the glove, they all transferred well.
Upper Room Outreach founder Lasharee Rogers and local artist Carla Garrison-Mattos came together to create a community mural at the Upper Room Outreach and Kids Academy to show community togetherness.
Carla Garrison-Mattos, an artist in Charlotte, was approached by Lasharee Rogers about a mural commission. After Rogers saw a mural Garrison-Mattos had completed in another area, she contacted Garrison-Mattos over social media.
Carla Garrison-Mattos made several sketches of some of the features that will be in the mural. One of them will be the words “Together we are stronger” spelled out in English and American Sign Language.
Community members dropped by Aug. 22 to help paint the mural. Residents had a chance to place their hands on the mural and create seeds for the sunflowers.
