“We will have a food truck — the Smokin Butts Barbeque will be there,” said event organizer David Stark, property manager of Artspace and director of the non-profit Strauss Gallery and gift shop located there. “The Demented Skateshop will be there with some skateboarding equipment, and ramps and rails. The brand-new disc-golf shop, the Main Street Throw Shop, will be there as well.
“We’re going to have lawn games. It’s really a family-oriented event.”
The Gerhard Albinus band will play. The Wadaiko Gouken Japanese Drum Troupe will perform, as will flow dancers. There also will be a disc jockey.
And on Saturday, artists — many of them living in the lofts or elsewhere in Hamilton — will host a “Paint Bash” from 6-9 p.m. across Market Street from the small garden, beneath the city’s George McDulin Memorial Parking Garage. On Saturday and Sunday, artists will paint several murals beneath the parking garage, which is located between 2nd and 3rd streets.
The murals will be partially financed by $2,500 from Hamilton’s 17Strong micro-grant program. The total cost probably will be $7,500 to $8,000, said Stark, who is seeking other ways to raise funds, perhaps through crowdfunding.
The murals are part of a larger project in recent months to beautify the area of the garage and also an alleyway between High Street and the garage. Strands of lights have been added to the “Artist Alley” for beauty and safety.
All the murals will have some things in common. They will be painted in black, white and a shade of color known as “obstinate orange,” Stark said.
The murals are not part of the Streetspark program, which has created several prominent and colorful murals in the city in recent years.
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