PAWTUCKET, RI The City of Pawtucket, Division of Senior Services at the Leon Mathieu Senior Center, 420 Main Street, Pawtucket, RI. First floor Activity Room.
The Pawtucket Division of Senior Services/Leon Mathieu Senior Center is pleased to receive a grant to create a vibrant outdoor public event space. The grant has been awarded by the Harriet Ballou Foundation and will support the Leon Mathieu Senior Center’s Mural and Socialization project to include a mural for socialization in an underutilized parcel of land adjacent to the facility.
According to LMSC’s Director Mary Lou Moran, this project will have inclusive community involvement to reflect the City’s cultural diversity. Moran says that the mural’s message will incorporate the Center’s philosophy of positive aging, highlight its ethnic diversity, and provide quality public art, guided by its membership and community who will participate in the mural’s installation. “This project will most certainly increase the connections between our members and the surrounding neighborhood, too,” she notes.
The community is invited to provide input to help create the mural’s design in a special focus group to be held at the Leon Mathieu Senior Center 420 Main Street 1st Floor Activity Room, Pawtucket, R.I. on Friday, August 9th, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. Participants will have an opportunity to meet Muralist Gregory Pennisten and Members of the Pawtucket Arts and Culture Commission Miriam Plitt, Toba Weintraub and Maria Cecilia Cano. Spanish, Portuguese and Kriolu translation will be available. If you are interested in participating in this event, please call Melissa Cabral, Program Coordinator, at 401-728-7582. We look forward to seeing you!