There will be a film showing at 8 PM.

Project artists and leaders will be on-site at the wall this Saturday. We encourage community members to stop by and join us for conversation, paint a tile leaf, and attend an 8pm film screening at the wall of Bil’in Habibti (Bil’in, My Love), a documentary about the town of Bil’in in the West Bank. The villagers of Bil’in, and those who stand in solidarity with them, have for years engaged in weekly non-violent demonstrations to alter the course of the separation wall through their farmlands. Work on the mural will continue throughout the weekend, when the mural’s central image will be completed: an ancient, gnarled olive tree representing life and growth, movement upwards from strong roots, and a traditional aspect of the Palestinian landscape, culture, and economy. Over a million olive trees have been uprooted to build settlements and the separation wall; the International Court of Justice has ruled that the separation wall illegally appropriates Palestinian land within the 1967 Green Line.

For more information: Official Launch of the Olympia-Rafah Mural Project

The Olympia-Rafah Mural Project is happening. Stop by the corner of Capitol Way and State Avenue to see for yourself.

by dreamsjung

I also posted some pictures from a brief visit to the mural. I even saw mural making (preparation) in action. link here

Check out the official project web-page. Break the Silence: The Olympia-Rafah Mural Project

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mouseover photo by enpen

There's a new mural in town located right next to Olympia Screen on 4th Ave (Eastside Oly). If you'd like to see a larger picture just click on the mini-photo above. Two of the artists, Vince Ryland and Ira Coyne, are the people behind the O.F.S. sidewalk marquee art. Another of the artists behind this currently has a art show at Le Voyeur.

A big thank you to the artists as well as to the person/people(?) who commissioned this mural. Eastside 4th Ave is now that much better.

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The Olympia-Rafah Mural Art Project presents...
Up Against the Wall—from Palestine to Mexico

Friday, January 25th, St. John’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall, 7 p.m.

Carlos Marentes of Comité Pro-Amnistía General y Justicia Social in Seattle and Susan Greene of Break the Silence Mural Project in the Bay Area will present Up Against the Wall—from Palestine to Mexico, Friday, January 25th, 7 p.m., in the Parish Hall at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 114 20th Ave SE in Olympia.