Wpkn Community Radio

Host: David Green We focused our August "Spotlight" on RiseUP for Arts, a member organization that, though based in Hartford, is active in organizing mural projects around Connecticut, including in our region of Fairfield County. We speak with executive director Matt Conway about how this organization trains artists, negotiates with municipalities and building owners, raises funds and coordinates the completion of amazing murals, often working with young people. Other guests include three artists involved in RiseUP projects: Alissa Siegal, Lauren Clayton and John Paul O'Grodnick as well as with building owner Mitchell Kidd, with The Wellbuilt Company, that has sponsored murals in Stamford, and Marc Alan, with the Norwalk Arts & Culture Commission. Check out this program and learn about the impact this organization, and the murals it coordinates, are making in our region.