Hillsborough Street Mural Painting with Adriana Ameigh
On View As Of July 5, 2023 | Raleigh, NC
Taking bold color off of a canvas and onto the wall was an amazing experience alongside Adriana Ameigh and her rockstar team. As fellow female artists, this project consisted of many long days in the hot humid sun but ultimately was an incredible experience as we transformed a once bare, non-memorable, parkinglot into a destination point on Hillsborough Street.
Thank you to Live it Up Hillsborough and Artsplosure for making this mural possible as well as Anna Pyne and Cindy Morefield for being mural assistence with me. This project was a blast!
And, of course, shout out to Adriana Ameigh for hiring fellow local artists as a way to life up other creatives. It was a pleasure to bring her creative vision to life!
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Behind The Scenes Of The Work In Progress:
Adriana Ameigh | Muralist & Painter
Adriana Ameigh’s Experience with her project: “Prismatic Oasis” on Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC:
“In early 2023, I was approached by a local arts non-profit to create a large and colorful mural on Hillsborough Street. The mural would be visible from inside several businesses in the same parking lot, as well as the main road.
We met on-site and discussed how the mural could incorporate a colorful palette, flora and fauna, as well as elements from various embroidery traditions from around the world. One big challenge presented was the parking lot – it’s on an incline, and often packed full of cars. To minimize the amount of time working on-site, blocking off customer and tenant parking spots, I decided to use an industrial mural fabric called PolyTab. I enlisted the assistance of three artists and over the course of several weeks we primed, painted and varnished the largest elements of the mural in my studio building. When it came time to install, we rented a large lift and bit by bit the wall came to life! It was an amazing experience, looking forward to the next one!
“The mural is fantastic! I am thrilled with how it turned out. It mural makes the entire area look happy and bright. It’s sure to become a selfie spot!”
– Amy L., building tenant/business manager.
Special thanks to all the folks that helped make this project possible:
Hillsborough Street Service Corporation, Artsplosure, Needlepoint,
Cindy Morefield, Ana Payne Rogers, and Jackie Sanders.”
Learn more on Adriana’s website here.
This Mural Was Made Possible Through A Partnership Between Artsplosure and Live It Up Hillsborough!
The Hillsborough Street Community Service Corporation (HSCSC) is an independent, not for profit, municipal service district that began providing services and programs in the fall of 2010. The district was created by the City of Raleigh in partnership with N.C. State University and the property owners, merchants and residents on and around Hillsborough Street.
HSCSC annually provides a range of services and programs that help to make the Hillsborough Street community a better place to live, work, play, shop, dine, learn and visit, including: cleaning, security, beautification, marketing and communications, economic development, special events and tourism, planning and advocacy, parking and transportation, research, arts and community. Learn more here.
Artsplosure is Raleigh’s Nonprofit art and cultural events production studio. Past and present Artsplosure-produced events include the Jazz & Blue Music Festival, the African American Cultural Festival, First Night Raleigh, Live & Local Hillsborough Street, and its namesake event, Artsplosure - The Raleigh Arts Festival. Artsplosure also offers programming and production support for other events seeking artistic components, such as J. Cole’s Dreamville Music Festival, IBM’s Wide Open Bluegrass, Destination Dix Festival, and more. Through our work, we strive to produce quality events that make the creativity of the most imaginative and celebrated artists accessible to the public – all in an effort to enrich our community and inspire greater love for the visual and performing arts. Learn more here.