Produced by local artist Emily von Flotow, this public artwork was created to celebrate community attractions and attributes. The mural was a project of the Chehalis Community Renaissance Team in partnership with the City of Chehalis. The mural features the local Chehalis-Centralia Railroad & Museum’s 1916 steam locomotive, the St. Helens Hotel and flora and fauna representative of the area. The mural is located on the exterior of the Market Boulevard-facing wall of the newly remodeled public restrooms. Paint for the project was graciously donated by Sherwin-Williams in Chehalis.
The Chehalis Community Renaissance Team (CCRT) is accepting design proposals for three new wooden benches in downtown Chehalis.
Artists can submit up to three design ideas that incorporate themes from the CCRT Design Committee. The themes include railroads, area history, historic people, western, agriculture, nature, weather, wildlife and local culture. The designs are supposed to represent aspects of the Chehalis community. The artists chosen to paint the benches will be paid $250 for each bench they paint and are responsible for all costs associated with painting the benches.
The benches will be auctioned off this July at ChehalisFest. The purpose of this pilot program is to make art part of everyone’s daily life in downtown Chehalis. CCRT hopes to make this an annual program with three new benches each year.
Artists must submit their basic information (name, mailing address, phone number and email), a short biography, skills and qualifications and three to five examples of artwork to info@experiencechehalis.com by March 14. Selected artists will be announced March 23.
