Arts & Entertainment
Guest Column: New Mural Celebrates Ocean View Community Garden
Did you know Albany has a community garden?
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The in Albany, CA, welcomed the beautiful addition of art in their garden with a mural dedication on Sunday, May 22, 2011.
Oakland muralists Nube Cruz and Olivia Levins Holden were celebrated by gardeners, friends, members of Albany’s , and , as well as garden steering committee members Judith Heller, Jackie Hermes-Fletcher and Will Moore.
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The mural, on wood (8 feet by 4 feet), depicts a vibrant scene with an indigenous Ohlone woman smiling down on a creek flowing though a garden of lavender, pumpkins, sunflowers, rainbow chard and strawberries. Butterflies wind their way through the sky. The woman's hands seem to encircle the garden as the plants and creek pop out with a three-dimensional quality.
Cruz and Holden captured the natural beauty of our surroundings by painting images in vivid color, with passion, rare creativity and design integrity.
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Arts Committee members and , and garden steering committee members Judith Heller, Jackie Hermes-Fletcher and Will Moore, attended the event.
We feel lucky and honored to be the first community garden in Albany, and now we will have some regional renown from the garden mural, since these two fine artists have painted a tribute that lights up our surroundings.
Please come down and see for yourselves.
The serves Albany citizens who live in apartments or condos with little space to grow food. We strive to foster a spirit of community, with gardeners growing and sharing organic fruit, produce, herbs and flowers.
The mural is viewable in the park's , which is located behind the tennis courts and east of the Redwood picnic area.
Call the Recreation & Community Services Department at 510-524-9283 for information about joining our garden.
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