[Press Release] : Festival-goers to create ‘mosaic mural’

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 14, 2006

CONTACT: Kay McCarthy
Cultural Program Specialist
(573) 874-6387

Festival-goers to create ‘mosaic mural’		
							
	(COLUMBIA, MO) - The 15th annual Columbia Festival of the Arts
will feature a large-scale mosaic mural that event-goers can help
create.
	The mural will measure 12 feet long and seven feet tall. It will
be composed of nearly 400 squares which will be colored and placed on
the canvas. The completed mural will depict several past images of the
Festival’s commemorative posters.
	Festival-goers are invited to help create the mural by using
colored pencils to fill in the small squares during the two-day event.
The mosaic mural will be located in the Children’s Art Area on Ash
Street, between Seventh and Eighth streets. 
	The Festival’s giant mural is sponsored by CenturyTel and the
Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau.
	The Festival is free and open to the public. It will be held at
the Boone County Courthouse Square and surrounding streets in downtown
Columbia on Sept. 23- 24. Festival hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. both
days.
	For more information, including a map and stage schedules,
consult the special Festival insert in the Columbia Daily Tribune’s
Sept. 21 issue or contact the Office of Cultural Affairs at (573)
874-6386, e-mail Festival at GoColumbiaMo.com or log on to
www.GoColumbiaMo.com (GoWord: GoArtsFestival).
The Columbia Festival of the Arts is a program of the City of Columbia
Office of Cultural Affairs. Financial assistance has been provided by
Barnes & Noble Booksellers, Boone County National Bank, The Callaway
Bank, CenturyTel, Columbia Convention & Visitors Bureau, Columbia Daily
Tribune, Commerce Bank, Dave Griggs’ Flooring America, Days Inn and
Travelodge, Deck the Walls, First National Bank, KBIA 91.3, KOMU
TV8/Mid-Missouri’s CW Network, McDonald’s, MFA Oil, Missouri Arts
Council and Regency Hotel Downtown.

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