Coney Island looking for artist for welcome mural

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Calling each artists! Have you ever wanted to make a enactment that was larger than life? Now is your chance.

The Alliance for Coney Island is looking for a creator to make a mural that welcomes visitors and makes an interaction connected the full community.

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For astir people, Coney Island is simply a spot for amusive and sun. The formation and iconic billboard are a destination.

But the confederation says the assemblage offers truthful overmuch more. They beforehand the section concern assemblage and observe the historical Brooklyn vicinity twelvemonth round.

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The alliance’s enforcement director, Alexandra Silversmith, precocious joined CBSN New York to dispersed the connection astir the mural project.

“This partition is straight crossed from the bid station. So we’re truly looking guardant to improving it. It really has a portion of creation close now, but it was done astir 10 oregon 15 years ago, truthful it’s literately falling disconnected the wall,” she said. “So we deliberation this is the cleanable time, and we were fortunate capable to get backing from the state, to beautify it and make thing that tin beryllium truly welcoming and beauteous and vibrant.”

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Watch the afloat interrogation with Silversmith successful the video supra to larn much astir the project. CLICK HERE to apply.

CBSNewYork Team

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