GREAT MURAL PROJECT BEGINS WORK ON ‘SAGINAW PRESENT’ THEMED MURAL
Work has begun on a mural on the Bearinger Building at 126 N. Franklin in Downtown Saginaw to culminate in a reveal and celebration on Wednesday, August 23 from 5:30-8PM.
Pit & Balcony Community Theater, The Showdown and The Great Mural Project are partnering on this second mural of a pair of murals symbolizing Saginaw’s Past and Saginaw’s Present. A mural by Kevin Burdick featuring Civil Rights Activist and Saginaw Native Jim Letherer was installed on the same block at 301 E. Genessee earlier this summer.
Pit & Balcony Community Theater, The Showdown and The Great Mural Project are partnering on this second mural of a pair of murals symbolizing Saginaw’s Past and Saginaw’s Present. A mural by Kevin Burdick featuring Civil Rights Activist and Saginaw Native Jim Letherer was installed on the same block at 301 E. Genessee earlier this summer.
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"Saginaw Past"
WHAT
In Fall of 2021, Saginaw native Jesse Bivens came to us with a really great idea. He had done some research and found the story and picture of Jim Letherer, a Saginaw civil rights activist that walked with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on the March on Selma. Jesse had talked to Artist Kevin Burdick and together we found a great wall for a mural. Some plans changed, but we were able to identify the funds to make this mural representing Saginaw Past happen. It is our joy to celebrate Jim Letherer, a true Saginaw legend.
WHERE
South side of The Commerce Center, 301 E. Genesee
THANK YOU
Kevin Burdick
This mural is supported by the Michigan Arts & Culture Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, Saginaw Community Foundation, Nexteer & HSC.
This mural is supported by the Michigan Arts & Culture Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, Saginaw Community Foundation, Nexteer & HSC.
