{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Street Art Cities","provider_url":"https://streetartcities.com","title":"WESTOWN IN BLOOM by Emma Daisy Gertel","description":"WESTOWN IN BLOOM by Milwaukee artist Emma Daisy Gertel @emmadaisy at Dunkin' Donuts (west wall), 622 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee, Wisconsin in July 2019 commissioned by the Milwaukee Downtown BID 21 and the Downtown Placemaking Task Force. (80' x 50’) Photos taken June 2021.⠀⠀⠀'The artistic concept was to create a bright and colorful garden of flora to enliven the space and inspire a sense of wonder, vibrancy, beauty, and hope that represented the revitalization and renewal efforts of Westown.⠀⠀⠀In the parking lot space, between Dunkin’ and Community Advocates, once stood a building that symbolized Milwaukee’s architectural pride. It was devastated by fire in the early 1990s. In Gertel’s floral pallet, she included a Brazilian “canel de ema.” The flower blooms following a fire, and was symbolic of her hope that its beauty would inspire life and new growth from adversity.'http://milwaukeeindependent.com/articles/westown-blooms-completion-epic-mural-emma-daisy-gertel/⠀⠀⠀process video (4 min.) https://emmadaisy.com/westowninbloom⠀⠀⠀Artist websites: https://bio.site/emmadaisy","author_name":"Mike Franks","author_url":"https://streetartcities.com/users/0127e760-c655-40c3-9fd9-4a94f211a361","thumbnail_url":"https://streetart.media/c/ce87310c-bc4e-4404-9390-1a41716c59ab/1024.jpg","thumbnail_width":1024,"width":480,"height":480,"html":"","cache_age":3600}