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Mural paint party to be part of weekend jazz festival in Springfield

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Paul Tuthill
Published August 12, 2022 at 2:37 PM EDT
The paint party at the Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival will help produce a mural that will be displayed on a building in the city's predominately Latino North End neighborhood.
Common Wealth Murals
The paint party at the Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival will help produce a mural that will be displayed on a building in the city's predominately Latino North End neighborhood.

Mural canvas will later go on North End building

It is mural season in Springfield, Massachusetts.

A mural paint party is taking place this Saturday afternoon at the Springfield Jazz and Roots Festival.

The mural is being painted on canvases that will be installed on Main Street in Springfield next month during the annual Fresh Paint Springfield mural festival.

WAMC’s Pioneer Valley Bureau Chief Paul Tuthill spoke with Britt Ruhe, Director of Common Wealth Murals, the nonprofit that produces the mural festival.
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