Creative Placemaking

Archived: City of Dresden

Grantee Address:
117 West Main Street
Dresden TN 38225-1156

Grant Amount: $3,360

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Dresden Community Farmer's Market & City Enhancement Project

The City of Dresden, in partnership with the University of Tennessee at Martin, Department of Visual and Theatre Arts, launched the “Meet the Artist” program. Local artists were featured at the Dresden Farmers Market twice monthly between May and September 2016. Intended to enhance the quality of community life and build support for local art, the program offered visitors opportunities to interact with artists through talks and demonstrations. The project also included a community-driven mural painted by young artists to enhance the Dresden City Park.

Three people paint a colorful mural on an outdoor wall, featuring a Welcome to Lebanon Park sign and figures in historical clothing, while a fourth person works on the mural further down the wall.

A woman uses a tabletop loom under a tent at an outdoor event while several children and adults watch. Colorful woven items and yarn are displayed on the table and American flag bunting hangs from the tent.

A group of people sit at picnic tables under a pavilion, listening to a person standing and speaking. There are food and drinks on the tables, and a colorful mural decorates the back wall.