Clean It Up: Preparing Your Site

Post date: Aug 19, 2012 12:53:26 PM

Whether you are preparing for a mural in a neighborhood, or finding a space to meet with kids, physical cleanliness and safety is important. In the picture above you can see the space that was designated for a community mural to be painted by kids in an arts camp in Colombia. You can see from the sign that this was a prohibited dumping area. The law was definitely ignored. Cleaning this space was more than supervised children could do. To the credit of the community and an interest in the children, adults pulled together to clean the space. Make sure, as they did, that you have appropriate trash bags, work gloves, tools, and a method and place for removal of the trash. While they were not wearing masks, it is good idea. They were careful to wash following their work.

The results are truly a community mural.