Though it’s been scaled back since its start two years ago, events don’t get much bigger than Chroma Zone.
That’s because art doesn’t get much bigger than murals painted on the sides of buildings. And Chroma Zone is all about massive, expressive, colorful murals. Chroma Zone murals will start surfacing (or covering the surfaces) this week on buildings in St. Paul’s Creative Enterprise Zone. And it kicks off with an open street celebration May 22.
This is technically the third year for the mural festival, though the pandemic meant that 2020’s works were created without the fanfare and festivities of the previous year. It’s a project of St. Paul’s Creative Enterprise Zone.
Angela Casselton, executive director of the CEZ, says there were 90 applicants for 12 spots to create murals at the first Chroma Zone in fall 2019. Organizers were set to do it up big again last fall. Though that wasn’t possible, they were able to get six murals created in the Raymond and University area. Self-directed mural tours proved to be a “perfect pandemic solution — a good, uplifting thing to do,” Casselton says.
For the 2021 festival, the CEZ knew they couldn’t have visiting mural artists, but they have put together events with local talent, she says. There will be more than 20 artists working on more than 16 murals through September, but painting starts May 20 in what they’ve dubbed the “Bang It” mural meet at Bang Brewing in St. Paul. Mural artists will bang out paintings on the four walls of a pole barn next to the brewery at Capp Road and Hersey Street. Painting goes on from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 20 and 21.
The four-day “Bang It” painting event features five early-career street and graffiti artists transitioning to murals. The work is curated by Peyton Scott Russell of House of Daskarone, a gallery, studio and education center, and Sprayfinger art classes. He’s an internationally recognized Minnesota artist who has been weaving graffiti with fine arts for more than 30 years, according to the Chroma Zone website.
May 22 is an open street kickoff celebration at Bradford Street and Endicott Street, with a chance to see the “Bang It” work in progress, as well as other murals in the area. Festivities include live pottery-throwing demonstrations and mug sale at Deneen Pottery, which has a studio/workshop in the area; live painting demos by Sprayfinger graffiti students; live performances; and open house and tenant showcase at the nearby Wycliff, an industrial creative space for small businesses; self-directed CEZ mural tours, featuring 10 murals within walking distance; food and beer at nearby Urban Growler and Bang Brewing taprooms; chalk art; and food trucks. The open street kickoff is from 1 to 5 p.m.
“Bang It” events on May 23 include more painting and an artist talk.
More Chroma Zone Festival events are planned — including a mid-summer mural celebration — as more murals will be created throughout the summer.
Casselton acknowledges that graffiti tagging is a problem in the neighborhood, but one of the goals of the mural project is to channel tagging into a more productive direction and provide inspiration.
Located between downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis, the Creative Enterprise Zone is a neighborhood home to a variety of creative businesses, entrepreneurs and manufacturers. The area was formed as a place for artists and nonprofits, and features a number of breweries and businesses.
Casselton says the CEZ has three prongs:
- It’s a concept — people in a creative cluster have a deep impact on the economy
- It’s an area — from the intersection of Raymond and University Avenues, the Creative Enterprise Zone radiates south to Interstate 94, east to Prior Avenue, north to the railroad tracks by Energy Park Drive, and west to Minneapolis.
- It’s a 501(c)3 — a tax-exempt nonprofit.
The CEZ came out of the construction of light rail along University Avenue, which opened in 2014 after years of ripped-up streets, business and neighborhood disruption.
CHROMA ZONE KICKOFF
- What: Four-day “Bang It” mural meet kicks off Chroma Zone, a summerlong mural festival in St. Paul’s Creative Enterprise Zone
- When: Painting takes place 8 a.m.-8 p.m. May 20-21. An open street kickoff celebration is 1-5 p.m. May 22. Additional painting and artist talks on May 23
- Where: “Bang It” will be painting a pole barn next to Bang Brewing, 2320 Capp Road, St. Paul. The open street celebration on May 22 is at Bradford Street and Endicott Street
- For more information: chromazone.net
- You also should know: Face masks will be required. The CEZ has a downloadable walking map of all of the murals created during Chroma Zone festivals at creativeenterprisezone.org
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