Muralist Meg Saligman is set to visit SUNY Jamestown Community College’s Cattaraugus County Campus to discuss the potential for a large-scale, multi-faceted public art mural to be installed on the west side of the college’s Library & Liberal Arts Center.
The public is welcome to attend meetings with Saligman from noon-1 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. on Nov. 17 in JCC’s Magnano Reception Room. Saligman will share her portfolio and conduct an open discussion and dialogue encouraging engagement from our community members during the meetings. Face coverings are required for those attending.
As part of her process, Saligman draws on the history and the stories of the community as she prepares to develop the concept for the mural. The events will focus on faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members bringing an open mind, imagination, and a love of Olean.
“The overarching theme of the mural will cover Meg’s love of growing up in Olean,” said Paula Snyder, the executive director of JCC’s Cattaraugus County Campus. “She is welcoming the Olean and JCC communities to bring ideas, artifacts, old pictures and other pieces that might be implemented into her design.”
Saligman is an Olean native who has produced more than 40 permanent artworks in the United States and internationally in the past 25 years.
According to her website, Saligman focuses on “community engagement, collaboration, and facilitating social exchange in pursuit of shared experience” and “consistently amplifies local culture in her designs.”
Snyder said Saligman is seeking help from local artists to help work on the mural, which is scheduled to take place over three months next summer. Fundraising for the mural, Snyder added, is being handled by Tri-County Arts Council.
To learn more about Salgiman and to view her work, visit www.MegSaligman.com.