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colored pictures with crayons and
enjoyed chalk art with Garald
Barton.
The festival also led to new build-
ing murals at 150 Riverside Drive by
David Eldred, 235 Capital Ave. SW
by a group of artists, some who were
able to paint a building mural for the
first time (former Horrocks location),


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Color the Creek founder and


coordinator, Justin Andert, said he


hopes the annual youth day inspires


kids to create and perhaps one day


become a Color the Creek muralist.


(Shopper News photo by Shelly Kehrle-Sulser)


Coloring with Crayons was one of the many ways youths could help to Color
the Creek during the annual Youth Day Wednesday. (Shopper News photo by Shelly
Kehrle-Sulser)

Freedom to spray paint to make art was part of the Color the Creek Youth


Day last week. (Shopper News photo by Shelly Kehrle-Sulser)


Tyanne, Talia and Vincent Funk
participate in the tie-dye tee shirt
activity provided by New Union
Market. (Shopper News photo by Shelly Kehrle-
Sulser)

at 123 Territorial Road by JARS, on
the new DoubleTree by Hilton on
Jackson Street by Jaziel Pugh (dur-
ing Color the Creek but not part of
the festival) and at 44 W. Michigan
Avenue by Sintex.
Jamari Taylor will start her mural
at Milk Like Mine on Aug. 24.
Andert hopes the youth day
inspires youngsters who may also
one day become a professional Color
the Creek muralist.

“I think we’re kind of building a
pipeline of local talent to hopefully
do all these murals,” he said, “so
we have a huge roster of people that
want to do them in the future.”
Visitor to the event, Preston Hicks
said he was intrigued after reading

about the event.
“You could tell that a lot of work
was going into it and a lot of collabo-
ration across the community is going
into it,” he said, “and then to see it
here, manifest, is super.”
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