6 June 2024
Volunteers finished painting Bangor’s first ground mural in downtown on Wednesday.
Local nonprofits Bangor Beautiful and Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness teamed up to create the mural, which features images of waves, native animals and crops, and Katahdin.
Local nonprofits Bangor Beautiful and Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness teamed up to create the Hammond Street Ground Mural, Bangor’s first ground mural. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
More than 75 volunteers helped paint the new mural and began working on it May 26.
Bangor’s ground mural features images animals native to Wabanaki territory and descriptive words in the Penobscot language. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
The artwork runs along the road shoulder on Hammond Street from the intersection of Central Street and stretches uphill, ending just after the U.S. Post Office. The display is designed to make the road appear narrower and slow traffic.
The artwork of Bangor’s ground mural runs along the road shoulder on Hammond Street stretching from the intersection of Central Street to just after the U.S. Post Office. Credit: Linda Coan O’Kresik / BDN
The colorful mural is one of several new pieces of public art that will arrive in downtown Bangor this summer.