Bright Walls

(July 7, 2021 12:36 PM) The Bright Walls Mural Festival today announced plans for Bright Walls 2021.  The committee said this year’s event will be a three-day festival but emphasized the Finale is still being planned for 2022.  Plans for a 2020 festival, which would have been the third and final event, were derailed due to the pandemic. Organizers earlier this year announced there would be a “Bright Site” in 2021 and today revealed specific plans.   Clay McAndrews, Bright Walls founder and co-director told JTV this year’s event will include mural painting and said details will be announced later along with other surprises. This year’s lineup of activities: THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 AT 6:30 PM EDT Bright Paws – Parade and Pageant Bring your four-legged friends to the 2018 Bright Walls Mural Site (we’ll meet at the Cey Adams “Love” mural on the back of the Jackson Antique Mall – 201 N. Jackson Street). After taking photos, we will parade with our pups to the 2021 Bright Walls Festival. Once there, those interested and registered can join the fun for the Bright Paws Pup Pageant where every dog will have his/her day (or 10 seconds of fame) on stage!…

(May 17, 2021 9:40AM) The U.S. Embassy in Beijing launched Art for the People, a brand new public art exhibit recreating large public murals from the streets of the U.S.A. onto the streets of Beijing.   23 murals from across the United States were chosen for display, including a Jackson Bright Walls mural by Clay McAndrews, Founder of the Bright Walls Mural Festival. This exhibition is the first of its kind to decorate the exterior walls of the U.S. Embassy compound. In announcing the project, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said: “We want a U.S.-China relationship that includes space for direct, honest, and robust public engagement.  Art for the People represents the diversity of American society. It also embodies our deep commitment to genuine exchange with the Chinese people.” McAndrews was surprised when he was contacted by the U.S. Embassy and initially thought it was not legitimate.  “When I first got her (Sanny Wroblewski, a multimedia specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing) email I literally thought it was a scam. I tried looking up the woman online and couldn’t find her anywhere. She said her husband worked in secret service and they have worked at U.S. embassies all over the…