Painting is starting in September 2024 for artwork along the underpass on 11/12th Street SE! Learn more about the project.
You can support the project by helping with cleaning, priming, painting, and more! Explore the shifts and sign up to volunteer!
Update September 2024
The time has come to paint our mural! We’re painting the west side of the underpass on both the central-west wall and the west wall which equates to ~4500 SQ FT of space. Our first day of painting with volunteers is Tuesday September 17th (weather permitting) and we’re hoping to finish by our road closure dates on October 1, 2024. If you want to help us through painting our signup sheet is above, or chip in to our project through our GoFundMe (this goes towards an anti graffiti coating and snacks for our volunteers) or simply to spread the word about our project - all help is welcome.
We’ve raised $35,000 in grants and a donation from the Inglewood BIA to put towards the project. We’re incredibly thankful for the support from the Neighbour Grant from the Calgary Foundation, the Good Ideas Grant from Activate YYC, the Tier 1 Arts and Culture Micro-grant from City of Calgary and the Embrace The Outdoors Grant from the Parks Foundation and City of Calgary, last but not least our friends and neighbours at the Inglewood BIA. We are almost funded at this stage and looking to raise the remaining anti-graffiti coating and maintenance expenses through our GoFundMe crowdfunding campaign and support from local businesses.
Are you a business interested in sponsoring our project? Have some extra coffee or snacks - I bet our future volunteers would welcome them. Please get in touch! We'll need all the support we can get this fall and cannot wait to make the space more welcoming and meaningful to the neighbourhood.
You can connect with us through the Ramsay Community Association website, through our Instagram @darkdingyunderpass and our email at darkdingyunderpass@gmail.com.
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