Valerie Carrigan gets ready to cut the ribbon as Mayor Thomas Bernard introduces her work, 'Emerging,' on Friday. NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — The city officially unveiled.
Celebration planned to mark completion of North Adams mural berkshireeagle.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from berkshireeagle.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
It was announced in 2020 that artist Gaia was commissioned for the mural that will be installed on the north side of the high-rise building. The mural was influenced by the input of more than 200 survey responses by building and community residents. The mural is also inspired by horticulturalist Lue Gim Gong, a Chinese immigrant who, after moving to the state of Florida from North Adams, developed the Valencia orange in 1911. The mural is part of of the Ashland Street Initiative, a project to enhance and beautify the area between downtown North Adams and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Inspired by the Eagle Street Initiative, the citizens group behind that project, NAMAzing, teamed with Common Folk Artist Collective, Northern Berkshire Community Coalition, and the city to bring some of the same placemaking and artistic touches to the Ashland corridor.