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Sarasota Herald-Tribune
DreamLarge recently celebrated the creation of a new mural in the Rosemary District in Sarasota, marking the commencement of the Gilbert Mural Initiative.
The Gilbert Mural Initiative is a program that uses public art to highlight all chapters of the evolving neighborhood on the walls of the community’s own historic buildings. As part of the program, more than eight sites have been dedicated to Rosemary Art & Design District for future murals, each dedicated to illuminating the stories and figures from the district s not-so-distant past as Overtown, Sarasota’s first Black neighborhood.
At RADD s launch event on April 30, the initiative’s inaugural mural was painted live by local artist and RADD member Tim Jaeger. Commissioned by DreamLarge, the mural depicts the historic Ace Theater and a mystery man who was later identified by Vickie Oldham, president and CEO of the Sarasota African American Cultural Coalition, as Willie Rogers, the late Tuskegee A