GEM OF THE LAKE

Did you know that? Erie, Pennsylvania is known as the gem of the lake. We had the honor of creating this mural in celebration of this legacy in Erie, PA.

Through this project we learned that young children are walking really long distances to get to school due to lack of busing and so the city decided to create a mural initiative to promote, limit the blight and have beauty throughout the city that all people could enjoy.

For this piece, we tapped into the energy of water, and the literal depictions of gems and wanted to reframe the narrative of Gem on the lake to be a celebration of the people being the gems of Erie.

And it’s augmented.

It’s located on the @1020_collective building in Erie Pennsylvania

Random:

• Gems take a long time to paint.
• there are bunnies everywhere in Erie, just bouncing all around. They kept us company the whole time
• Boom lifts are Tetris/math/puzzle equations and operating them should count as credits towards math…just staying

This project was supported by @erieartsculture and done in conjunction with #viewsfestival