New Mural Completion & Artists’s Talk
20mi2 commissioned artists Gregory Pennisten and David Guadalupe to reimagine and design a mural for the facade of the Dennison Memorial Community Center. The mural is scheduled to be completed on Saturday, June 11. A community celebration of this project is planned from 4-7pm, featuring an artists’ talk and photo opportunity.
Youth Workshop
Dennison Memorial Community Center, in partnership with 20mi2, will host local artists for art projects with Dennison Community youth.
Cycle 20mi2 in 02744
Gather at Dennison Memorial Community Center at 1 PM on your bicycle with helmets on for the Cycle 20mi2 group ride to around this scenic waterfront neighborhood, led by the New Bedford Starchasers, a Division of SCUL. The loop will take you around the Clark’s Cove, with planned stops along the way (approx. 3 hrs), and end back at Dennison Memorial Community Center. Advance registration is required to participate in this guided ride (free of charge).
Bicycle Showoff Parade & Fun Contest
Dennison Memorial Community Center is the kick-off location for Cycle 20mi2 in the 02744 neighborhoods. Gather here early for a community celebration with DJ music, and help us celebrate the creative bicycle styling that the Dennison youth create during workshops prior to the weekend events (sponsored by 20mi2). We will award prizes for fan favorites!
Dennison Dribble
Dennison Memorial Community Center will host the Dennison Dribble at their indoor courts in the city’s South End.
Landscape Painting with Artist Fitzcarmel LaMarre
Open to youth from the Dennison community, participants will be led step-by-step as they paint a 16” x 20” colorful landscape with professional artist Fitzcarmel LaMarre, a 20mi2 sponsored event.
Fitzcarmel is a creative educational developer and program director, a home school workshop educator, muralist, portrait artist, graphic designer, and a former public school art teacher. He is currently working on his graphic novel NEW DEADFORD, an inclusive community project including creative workshops for at-risk, underserved youth at the New Bedford Housing Authority’s Blue Meadow Property and Our Sisters’ School.