Fabric of the Community by Jackie Kresak

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Once again we went to Curt Gettman at the Sprout Fund to provide us with the background story on this mural:

The Penn Main Business Association approached the Sprout Fund seeking a mural that would give their community a sense of identity. This area, known as the Penn Main Corridor, has struggled to distinguish itself as a unique community amidst a constant change coming from every direction. The site of the new main branch of UPMC’s Children’s hospital, only minutes from the Strip, and a stone’s throw between Bloomfield and Central Lawrenceville, Penn Main is caught between many distinct neighborhoods. Artist Jackie Kresak’s design of an unfinished quilt seemed perfectly suited to the neighborhood. Inspired by a quilt that her mother started but never had the chance to finish, the mural depicts Kresak’s hands picking up where her mother left off. Aptly symbolizing the Penn Main Corridor being bound together as a community, yet still being a work in progress, Kresak comments that sewing a quilt is like bringing together the different kinds of people and uniting them into one whole blanket or community. The purple folded block with the pin in it represents that it, like a community, is still under construction and changing for the better. The promise of the mural is that, like quilting, the growth of a community identity can take new directions and form new patterns out of the many pieces of itself.

Summary:

Artist(s): Jackie Kresak
Address: 4202 Penn Ave
City:Pittsburgh (Garfield)
Zip Code:15224
Organization: Sprout Fund

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