We have chosen Saturday 2/29 at 10am for the inaugural Oceanside Mural Walk, in connection with OMA's Sidewalk Activism exhibition.
Afterwards people will be able to go down to Don Myers and participate in the new Art that Excites glass mural, as that is their first day of public workshops!
I've put together a suggested slate of murals for the walk.
The idea is to get a clear story for each of them, and hopefully contact the artists or other stakeholders to talk about them during the walk. Each stop will be between 5-15 minutes, depending on the story of the mural and questions.
We have not contacted any potential speakers yet. I wanted to nail down which murals to include first. I'm hoping we can film each stop - maybe engage KOCT?
Then we could put together a virtual self guided tour with videos of the artists speaking about their works, and a link to the artist website, on a GIS map kinda similar to Oceanside Breweries and Tap Rooms.
And we are hoping to expand this into more self-directed tours. But for now we want to stick to murals in a walkable area of downtown, something we can accomplish within the month.
Please let me know if you have additional murals you would like to add to the consideration list, if you have some background information for any of the murals, and any proposed speakers to engage for the tour.
Potential Stakeholders:
- Oceanside Museum of Art: Maria Mingalone, Adam Nicolai
- Oceanside Arts Commission: CJ Di Mento (also Oceanside Public Library), Mitzi Summers
- MainStreet Oceanside: Gumaro Escarcega
- Visit Oceanside: Leslee Gaul
- Oceanside Historical Society - Kristi Hawthorne
- Osider Magazine: Zach Cordner
- KOCT: Carly
