FIRST FRIDAY
MURAL WALK

Unicorn Mural
161-171 Franklin Street
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Golden, whose legal name is Cristhian Saravia, painted the mural at 161-171 Franklin St.
Both murals are expected to be finished on Thursday, August 18.
Golden is a Miami based artist that was brought in to create it.
Norwich-based Edward and Mary Lord Foundation helped make the mural happen.
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The mural features a unicorn and reminds people to “Stay Golden.” It was painted at the same time as the mural on 59 Broadway as a project from the Norwich Street Art Collective.
Metamorphosis
59-61 Broadway
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This mural is commissioned by The Norwich Street Art Collective. With the initiative of giving color and hope to this community, the group was in charge of bringing Carlitos Skills and Golden 305 together for a week to paint their respective murals.
Metamorphosis, as a mission, came to change the environment; representing the city with the image of a woman and the change with butterflies. The penetrating gaze in the center of the mural evokes introspection and self-management. Going outside and seeing walls with vibrant colors motivate us, makes us feel that everything is possible.


Watering Can
24 Chestnut Street
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Painted by Faith Wiberly the endeavor was a fundraiser for Wibberley’s Peniel Church, where her father, Sam, is a pastor — and with the full support of Brett Bernardini, Spirit of Broadway’s artistic director. (The Spirit of Broadway was renamed Chestnut Street Playhouse.)
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All proceeds went towards scholarships provided by the church to area youths for an eight-week character development program.
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Wibberley worked around the clock, with a time lapse video recording her efforts to paint the mural in 24 hours.
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She graduated from the University of Lincoln in 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in illustration and also received a bachelor’s degree in art therapy from UConn in 2000. She envisioned a mural that pays homage to Norwich’s Rose City moniker, and hopes it serves as a message of hope to others interested in improving the quality of life for residents.
Breakthrough
30-66 Franklin Street
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Norwich artist and Murals by Faith owner Faith Satterfield (formerly Faith Wibberly, see Watering Can mural) started work on her mural called Breakthrough on the Sunlight Building at Foundry 66 in May of 2023. With vivid colors, she intended it to represent the journey to recovery and healing.
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The inspiration for the mural comes from multiple places. The piece is an homage to prior works of hers shown at the Groton–New London Airport, and now at Foundry 66, called White Light. Those pieces show a journey from the storm into the breakthrough of the sun.
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The storm referenced in these works can be interpreted in multiple ways. On one hand, it could be seen as the world recovering from the pandemic. On the other hand, the work represents the process of Satterfield and others to recover from domestic abuse.
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“It depicted how the crossover between the storm and the sun breaking, you create rainbows,” she said.
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Love
Franklin Street
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Global City Norwich Faces, Spaces & Places Program, Artist Steve Starke & Bart J.
Jubilee Mural
30-66 Franklin Street
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On June 18, 2022, approximately 150 people gathered on site for the “unveiling” of the mural on the south facade of the building at a key intersection in downtown Norwich. This is what we dreamed and prayed for — a powerful moment of healing and reconciliation along racial divides. Sarah Harris Fayerweather and James Lindsey Smith, two notable black history figures in Norwich, are the subjects of the landmark mural.
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Jubilee Day, is the day on June 19, 1865, that enslaved African Americans in Texas were told slavery had ended — two years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed and two months after the Confederates surrendered to Union troops. It’s been celebrated by the black community ever since then but only just became a federal holiday in 2021.
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Acclaimed muralist Ben Keller’s passion is merging “vision with reality.” He enjoyed one of his early career starts as a teenager with a solo exhibit at the Wauregan Gallery across the street from the park and has done work based on sculptures at the Slater Memorial Museum at Norwich Free Academy. He became a full-time muralist and artist in 2018.
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Keller was selected by RiseUP for Arts as a lead artist for racial justice murals statewide featuring Martin Luther King Jr. He created several beautiful murals in Willimantic, along with murals in Manchester, Hartford, Torrington, and New Haven, while continuing to expand his reach to places beyond Connecticut.
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Find out more in this VIDEO.

Racial Justice Mural
22-70 Market St
Market Street Garage
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The Norwich Mural celebrates a timeline of civil rights and humanitarian history with an eye towards local Norwich figures and was painted by Emida Roller & Samson Tonton in 2021.
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The mural has its own website and you can find out about all of the individuals and watch a video HERE.
Irises
2 Cliff Street
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Local artist Candice Flewharty painted a large mural with an even larger meaning on the exterior of the Reliance Health building at 2 Cliff St.
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The 125-foot-long painting, inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s “Irises” series, is part of the city’s beautification plans, but also intended to bring awareness to mental health.
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Flewharty, of Norwich, has painted murals around the country and works as an art teacher at St. Patrick Cathedral School in Norwich. She went to France a few years ago and visited the psychiatric hospital where van Gogh, who struggled with mental health, was a patient. She said the mural is inspired by the same scenery van Gogh found beauty in.
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“Vincent van Gogh always said when he was painting he was saved,” said Flewharty. “It was the perfect inspiration for a nonprofit (Reliance Health) that works to help people do the same.”


Ta Deliciozo Food Truck
Typically Located at 100 Chelsea Harbor Drive
Rolling
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​Art by Norwich Local Artists Sarah Falman-Florez and Jannette Velez.