The sixth annual mural festival returns to downtown Great Falls Aug. 17-24.
This year, the festival has shifted the name to Great Walls, presented by ArtsFest Montana.
This year’s festival will install at least nine new murals.
The festival is funded by the Great Falls Business Improvement District and curated by Cameron Moberg, a muralist and graffiti artist out of San Francisco, Calif.
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“Moberg has been painting in Great Falls since 2018 and has been curating the mural festival since it’s creation in 2019.
Nearly 40 murals have been installed so far downtown.
Moberg, an internationally known muralist, curates the festival, helping recruit local, national and international artists for the local mural festival.
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Moberg is always on the lookout for artists who will be a good fit for the Great Falls festival by watching their social media and having conversations with them to learn their artistic processes and character.
The muralists have artistic freedom on the walls for the festival, outside of some rules, and Moberg looks for artists who will build the Great Falls mural collection.
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This year’s festival artists include:
Sister’s United awarded another grant to ArtsFest to bring two indigenous artists to the festival and this year’s artists are Urbanaztec and onesevennine.
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Candice English, owner of The Farmer’s Daughter Fibers and founder of Sister’s United, said in a release that the nonprofit’s goal is “to help support the healing of indigenous women, children and community. Their focus is often related to art and its healing aspects so it was really important to Candice and Sister’s United to have indigenous representation downtown Great Falls through the murals. The murals bring a sense of community and invoke creative inspiration and wonder. To have indigenous representation further these themes by showing inclusivity but also sharing our culture with the community and its visitors.”
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Mural installations will begin as early as Aug. 18 and continue throughout the week at various locations downtown.
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An artist reception with a live art demonstration is begins at 7 p.m. Aug. 22 in the alley behind Dragonfly Dry Goods. The canvases painted by the ArtsFest artists will be auctioned live during the event. Canvasses will also be available for youth to learn the spray paint technique and create their own art.
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This year’s event includes the Great Falls Public Library hosting an art project from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Aug. 24.
The project is painting animal footprints beginning in front of the library, down 3rd Street North, over 4th Avenue South on to Gibson Park.
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Community members are welcome to join the painting activity and stencils will be provided.
Meet at the library’s front entrance where painting will begin and where something you’re willing to get dirty.
Follow the BID on Facebook or Instagram for details during the event.
A map of previously installed murals is below.
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