Artspace Jackson Flats Mural
Logan Park Neighborhood Association chose public art as a priority for our neighborhood and community, the Minneapolis Art District. LPNA invited local artists to create public murals that show a diverse understanding of what it is to be a part of our equally diverse community. Jess Zottola and Benja Wuest were selected to paint the mural on Artspace; Jackson Flats, an artist’s live/workspace that also operates a community run gallery for local art.
The inspiration for the design came from the booklet “Over the Years at Logan Park”, a local publication about what it meant and means to live in this neighborhood. One particular quote that stood out, from Mary Jane Partyka, stated “We came to think of Logan Park as our second home. Here is where we went to meet our friends, to enjoy the many activities that were being offered to the community. PLAYING…SHARING…GROWING…RICH IN DREAMS.”. The artist’s that occupy the studios of Logan Park are using their widely creative imaginations to chase their dreams, our mural shows this through playful geometric forms growing out of the mind of our figure. Caley Vickerman, who runs a community outreach organization called “Guerrilla Haiku Movement'' and also is a resident of Jackson Flats, re-invented Partyka’s quote into a haiku to reflect what it means to be a part of this community.
We want to give a very special thank you to Repo for his big bold nonsense line work that helped to define our piece, to the technical skills of Erik Andersen, to Coco Murphy (girl club studio) another resident of Jac Flats for being our rock in the project, and to the other talented artists who helped us along the way. We would like to sincerely thank NEMAA, Artspace, LPNA, and our point person for this project, Michelle, for the opportunity to give something beautiful back to the community where we get to dream and grow.