Wide Open Walls Mural Festival preview

Gary Gelfand reports

MORNING AT 8.23 DOWNTOWN TAKEA LIVE LOOK AT THE GOLDEN ONECENTER AND JUST AROUND THECORNER FROM THERE.

THE 5 GARYBECAUSE IN THE PAST FEW YEARSWE'VE SEEN SACRAMENTOTRANSFORM AS OUR BUILDINGSTHEMSELVES BECOME GIANTCANVASES AMAZING OUT YOU EVERFIND COLD FOR ART THIS YEAR ALITTLE DIFFERENT.BUT THE BEAUTY ART IS STILLSO VIBRANT AS WE CAN SEE RIGHTHERE SO LET'S JOIN GARYGELFAND IS LIVE WITH A LOOK ATWIDE OPEN WALL SACRAMENTO'SMURAL FESTIVAL THAT'S NOWUNDERWAY.

GOOD MORNING HERE.GOOD MORNING.

YEAH, IT'SALL ABOUT MAKING SACRAMENTO.LOOK BEAUTIFUL AS YOU CAN SEEBEHIND ME OF COURSE WE'VE GOTTHE GOLDEN ONE CENTER AS YOUJUST MENTIONED AND RIGHTACROSS THE STREET RON L ANDHERE AT HER 6TH STREET RIGHTHERE YOU SEE IT UNBELIEVABLEMURAL RIGHT THEY'RE ABSOLUTELYGORGEOUS.

THIS HAS BEEN GOINGON FOR 4 YEARS AND NOW IT'SGOING ON RIGHT NOW THIS YEARIN 2020 AS YOU MENTIONED IT'SA LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT BUTTHIS GUY RIGHT IT'S GOING TOTELL US WHAT'S GOING ON ANDHE'S GOING TO TELL US ABOUTTHAT MEETING, I'M SMILING AT AWHITE MASK BECAUSE I LOVE WHATHE'S DONE TO HAWAII.

THIS ALSOMAKES GOOD THANKS FOR HAVINGME, I'M HONORED TO BE HERE.

ITSAYS IS A GREAT TIME OF YEARIT'S WHITE WALLS WHERE SOME OFTHE ARTISTS WORKING RIGHT NOW,BUT I FINISHED MINOR FIGHT SOTHAT IS THE FIRST QUESTION HOWLONG DID IT TAKE TO GET TO HOWLONG DOES IT TAKE TO TO PAINTSOMETHING LIKE THAT UP ON THATWALL THIS OR 12 DAYS I MEAN OFVALUE THE SMOKE AND THE HEAT,SO I MEAN THERE'S A LOT OFLOVE AND ENERGY AND EFFORTTHIS LAST COUPLE WEEKS WASBRUTAL.BUT BAIRD WITH IT I WENT TOIT, BUT IT'S THIS PIECE BYPIECE THE WHOLE THING IT'S ADAUNTING TASK.

BUT YOU TAKE ALITTLE BITE SIZED PIECES YOUKNOW THIS IS IT THAT WHOLE ALLRIGHT SO NOW YOU HAVE THIS YOUHAVE A YOUNG MOTHER AND CHILDTHE MEANING BEHIND YOU'RE JUSTSAYING I WANT TO MAKE AREVERENT HOMAGE TO MOTHERHOODAND BRING AWARENESS TO SAINTJOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REAL CHANGEAND I WANTED TO MAKE SOMETHINGTHAT JUST A WARM EMBRACE.

ASYOU ENTER THIS CORRIDOR THISTHIS MOTHERLY BEAUTIFULTIMELESS SYMBOL OF LOVE ANDDEDICATED TO ALL THE MOTHERSOUT THERE THAT MOTHERS ANDCAREGIVERS AS WELL IT REALLYIS BEAUTIFUL AS YOU WEREWALKING UP OF COURSE 3 AND YOUTURN THE THAT'S WHAT YOU SEEBEFORE YOU KNOW AS YOUMENTIONED JUST IT JUST CLICKEDWALL.

NOW THAT'S VERY BODY IWANT TO MAKE A BEAUTIFULALMOST BOUQUET OF COLORS ANDTHIS WAS A VIBRANT ENERGYAGE-OLD OF LOVE IN A JOLT OFENERGY AND WE NEEDED TO WENEED THIS IN A TIME LIKE THISAND THEY HAVE MENTIONED YOU'REBATTLING THE ELEMENTS YOU KNOWYOU HAVE THE SMOKING AT THEKEY TO EVERYTHING THAT WASGOING ON AND YOU GOT ALL THISCONSTRUCTION GOING ON RIGHTHERE THESE GUYS ARE BUILDINGIS A PAIR OF DAY WANT YOU AREAT THEIR LEVEL BECAUSE HOWIT'S LIKE 50 6 STORIES I MEAN,YEAH I WAS A WAS A HOSE THATANY OF GAMES WHILE LET'S GETWATER OR LET'S GO CHECK ONTRAFFIC WERE CLEAR THAT WE'RETHIS WE'RE JUST A COUPLESECONDS YOU COULD ACTUALLY GETA LITTLE CLOSER AND SEE WHATHE'S TALKING ABOUT WHEN YOUPAINT ALL THE DIFFERENTSECTIONS.BECAUSE THERE ARE YOU KNOWSO MANY IN THERE AND HOW MANYLIKE HOW MANY DIFFERENT COLORSSO SO YEAH I MEAN I WE HAVESOME GREAT PAIN SPONSORSVISION PARENTS KELLY MORE SOTHIS IS ALL JUST LOCAL STUFF,BUT IT'S JUST ROLLED OUT EVERYLITTLE PIECES HAND ON BY ME.SO IT WAS A YOU KNOW, IT'S ALABOR OF LOVE IT REALLY IS ANDYOU KNOW.

I WAS A WARRANT TOPAY RESPECTS ALSO TO LIKE THESAINT JOHN'S PROGRAM FOR REALCHANGE IS A HIT CLOSE TO HOME.SO WARMED UP OR SULLIVAN TO ITAND JUST YOU KNOW WANT TO GIVEIT MY ALL AS I WAS THAT YOUDID AS THE TO COME ON DOWNCHECK OUT OUR FEELS RIGHTTHERE.

THE KILLER OF A 6 FOOTAL THERE IS THIS BEAUTIFUL,I'M GUESSING IT'S NOT WATERPICK JUST ONE MORE REAL QUICKTIME ALL THEY TO GET MY MOMAND I LOVE IT.ALL RIGHT BACK TO YOU GUYSIN THE 9 WALL ART, IT'SBEAUTIFUL YOU'VE GOT TO GIVEMOM A SHOT OUT ONE OF THE MOSTTALENTED ARTISTS YOU'LL FINDHERE IN THE SACRAMENTO REGIONTHAT MAN RIGHT THERE A FOULTHEY GOT A GREAT JOB THEREWIDE OPEN WALLS.MIGHT BE A DAY WHEN YOUFIND A GOOD DAY WITH SOMEGREAT AIR QUALITY THEN YOUWANT TO GO OUT WALK AROUND