Local Adoption Agency To Bring Massive Mural to the Main Line

A new mural will be gracing Adoptions From The Heart (AFTH), Wynnewood location. GoodSpace Murals a Minneapolis-based mural and arts consulting studio run by Greta McLain and Candida Gonzalez will be installing the mural the week of April 16, 2018. The new project will celebrate the agency’s work of weaving families together and the symbolic “red thread” that connects us all.

The mural will occupy an entire side of the agency’s building that faces Wynnewood Road and the Whole Foods parking lot, and part of the front of the building which faces Lancaster Ave. Lead artist of GoodSpace Murals, Greta McLain, has ties to the Delaware Valley, and previously worked with Mural Arts Philadelphia to create some of the city’s most remarkable pieces. Candida Gonzalez has ties to Adoptions From the Heart through her sister Heidi Gonzalez, Associate Director of the agency.

The agency is looking forward to enriching the Main Line with murals and notable public art, like the illustrious murals that decorate thousands of walls throughout Philadelphia.

“I am excited to be working with my sister and her company GoodSpace Murals to brighten the agencies exterior, bring more public art to the Main Line and celebrate our work of creating families.” said Heidi Gonzalez, Associate Director of Adoptions From The Heart.

Candida Gonzalez, project lead and community organizer, studied Latin American Art and History at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, and went on to get her M.Ed. at The University of Minnesota. She is passionate about education, community engagement through the arts and equitable arts access. A native of South Minneapolis, she has shown her commitment to community arts over the years through her arts education work with the Minneapolis Public Schools and community arts organization in South Minneapolis.
Lead artist, Greta McLain, has over 10 years of mural making experience, spent exploring the ways that art can bring communities together, the power of visual language to activate voice, and the potential of art as a vehicle for hands-on organizing and educating. She has created projects in and around Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Memphis, Philadelphia, Argentina, Mexico, and France

Eamonn McLain, Assistant Artist, is Greta’s brother and the cellist for the band Trampled by Turtle (as seen on Letterman, coming to the Union Transfer on May 9, 2018) and will be assisting with the install.

Tina Monje, is a GoodSpace Murals studio manager and will also be helping with the install.

The project is scheduled to begin Monday, April 16^th and be completed by Friday, April 20^th.