New Jersey Stage Issue 74 | Page 133

Murals on Front Street gives different artists each week a chance to transform boarded-up panels of an old parking garage into striking, meaningful works of art. The live painting begins on Thursday, July 30th and will continue with new murals created by a dozen local artists through September 20th. “We are overwhelmed by the support we have received over the years from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts,” says Meaghan Singletary, Development and Project Manager for TDA. “This year we are especially grateful to have the opportunity to redirect funds originally slated for the Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series concerts in a way that positively impacts our community and shines a light on Trenton when the city needs it most.” For the past three years, living mural painting took place on Front and Broad Streets in Trenton during the Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series, a TDA-sponsored series of