Press release from the Appalachian Trail Group, a subsidiary of Catch the Spirit of Appalachia:
The Appalachian Mural Trail dedications, scheduled May 6 in Asheville, June 3 in Old Fort and June 17 in Dillsboro, have been added to the special arts events that celebrate the 50th anniversary of the North Carolina Arts Council!
Wayne Martin, Executive Director, North Carolina Arts Council says,
“For 50 years the North Carolina Arts Council has been guided by the belief that the arts uplift individuals, transform our communities and enhance the reputation of our state. As we go forward, we will strive to continue to live up to the ideal that brought us into existence in 1967; “arts for all citizens.”
“This too is the ideal for the Appalachian Mural Trail.” says Doreyl Ammons Cain, Director of the Appalachian Mural Trail. “The three dedications coming up in May and June will celebrate the creativity of our mountain communities through outdoor historical murals. Each dedication event will have an enactment of a historical event painted into these remarkable murals.”
At the May 6 Asheville Dedication Event players of music, tellers of mountain tales and ghost stories step out from large outdoor art and remind us of our romantic past at the upcoming dedication of four Asheville outdoor historical murals. These murals are to be dedicated to the Appalachian Mural Trail on Saturday starting at 2:00 pm when the YMI band comes alive and plays a tune from the past, stepping out from the Triangle Park mural, an outdoor mural that tells the history of the African American Block area of downtown Asheville. Collaborating with the Asheville Just Folks group to make this happen, the Appalachian Mural Trail will also honor Molly Must, lead artist, and all the artists who painted the mural. At 2:30 young mountain musicians will step out from the “Golden Threads” Shindig mural on the outside wall at Packs Tavern facing Pack Square Park, and play their own style of music. All of these young players are actually depicted in this mural, designed and painted by muralist Doreyl Ammons Cain; Rhiannon Ramsey, Jonah & Grayson Riddle and Lillian Chase. At 3:00, further on down on Market Street, the infamous Chicken Alley will make your hair stand on end with ghost stories told by Pepper Paris about the ghost of Dr. Jamie Smith and you can view the brilliant Chicken Alley Mural by lead mural artist Molly Must. Just over from Chicken Alley is the Lexington Gateway Mural, a masterpiece by lead mural artist Molly Must and some of the most talented artists in Asheville. The Appalachian Mural Trail Group will be at each mural to place a plaque on the murals and to tell about how everyone can go to www.muraltrail.com and select their personal outdoor historical mural route to tour other outdoor historical murals encircling the Blue Ridge Parkway and beyond.
An unique fun part of the Mural Dedication event is an opportunity to win a free “I hiked the Appalachian Mural Trail” tee shirt by taking a ‘selfie’ photo in front of all four murals. The photo, with a comment, will be uploaded to the muraltrail.com website right then & there and you can receive this beautiful limited edition tee shirt! Spring water and ‘Moon Pies will be available for a little refreshment. This amazing event is free and open to everyone! For more information and directions to each mural, go to muraltrail.com . While you’re there follow an USAToday ‘Community Thrives’ link and vote for the Appalachian Mural Trail to receive a grant!
This 50th Anniversary NC Arts Council Celebration mural trail event is truly “arts for all citizens.”
Sponsored in part by a grant from the Asheville Area Arts Council’s Art in the Park award with further sponsorship from the Asheville Design Center, the Asheville Convention & Visitor’s Bureau, the Asheville Downtown Association and Packs Tavern. The Appalachian Mural Trail Group is a subsidiary of Catch the Spirit of Appalachia, Non -profit Corporation.
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