Students Invited To Work On Mural At Vienna Shopping Center

UPDATE: Due to the continuation of rain, work on the mural has been delayed until November. Stay tuned for updates on the work from the Town of Vienna.

Madison High School students are invited to help paint a new mural at the Vienna Shopping Center this summer.

The Town of Vienna's Public Art Commission selected Seattle artists Eleanor Doughty and Emily Herr's concept to paint the mural. Work on the mural begins next week. Students can volunteer for shifts from 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. and 4 p.m.-7:30 p.m. or an hour or two on Wednesday-Friday of next week. Students of all skill levels are welcome. Interested students should email availability to info@edoughty.com.

The mural, titled "Vienna's W&OD Trail: Highway of Community," depicts landmarks along the trail throughout Town as well as in greater Northern Virginia and Washington, DC.

"The general theme is to illustrate joyful, casual recreation of individuals in downtown Vienna (small town) against the greater surroundings of Northern Virginia and Washington, DC (big community)," said Doughty, a Vienna native, in their mural proposal.

Rappaport Properties, owner of the Vienna Shopping Center at 180 Maple Avenue W, is funding the public art project. The mural work should take about three weeks.

Mural design via Town of Vienna