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Brian Heyman

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Well, public art has been popping up all over the park city with over a half a million dollars invested in creating a greater sense of community through the works of many world class artists. Some are calling it the Art Mecca of the Northeast News, 12 photojournalist, Laurie Goliath takes us to colorful Bridgeport. People don't realize how much is in Bridgeport. Bridgeport is a beautiful diverse city that is built at human scale. Bridgeport is now the Art Mecca of the Northeast. We have a great grouping of world class muralists that have put their stamp on Bridgeport. So we find ourselves creating sort of a public art trail. Downtown Peacock Alley was one of the first projects. Certainly the painted stairway. Many people know that, but the bulk of the murals really went up over the last two years. There are so many artists to discover. We have everything from traditional artists all the way to abstract, very colorful work. We're also focusing on not only supporting and giving opportunities to local artists but bringing in artists from all around the world as a mural artist. Um Whenever I paint my work somewhere and leave it, you know, I'm kind of leaving a gift to wherever I'm painting at Bridgeport is no different. You know, I like to come to a new place, explore it, try to get a feel for it and then try to put that feeling into the work I produced there. The importance of, of the public art being um so dispersed around the neighborhood is that it makes you feel welcome and safe and at every kind of entry point, we wanted to have something large and dynamic. My idea is to try to get some reverse commuting going on. People from all around want to come here to Bridgeport to see all the amazing artwork and then make your way all the way up to East Washington Avenue. You'll see a couple of murals higher up on Congress Street and that will take you over across the river to the east uh east side to the No, which has this beautiful art park and art space, studio spaces. We have 27 artist studios here with 27 artists. Our theme here is all about togetherness and I like to call them artist types because they're buzzing with so much creativity. Art is great. Art is the soul of, of the city. It's giving people um a new pride in the city. I'm just inspired by Bridgeport. Well, with over 35 murals, Bridgeport has created a sort of public art trail and we'll have more on this Friday when Mark Sudal is in Bridgeport for main street, Connecticut.

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