The Gaining Ground Mural Project

The Gaining Ground Mural Project A new Mark Making project at Chattanooga Food Center's Gaining Ground Grocery bridging art and agriculture with lead artist Amanda Brazier.

This project is supported by ArtsBuild, Public Art Chattanooga, and Southeast Tennessee Development District.

“Field Below” is installed!!! Thanks to our volunteers and two little energetic, ladder-climbing boys for all your help!...
11/04/2021

“Field Below” is installed!!! Thanks to our volunteers and two little energetic, ladder-climbing boys for all your help!

Join us this Saturday, November 6 from 4-7pm at Gaining Ground Grocery at St. Andrews Center and see these murals in all their earth pigment glory, enjoy delicious local food (including dirt cake!!), view our “making-of” video, and listen to soil stories from three area farmers and teachers. It’s going to be a great night!

Touch-up time for “Field Below I”! Installation is Friday!
10/25/2021

Touch-up time for “Field Below I”! Installation is Friday!

Paint day for the Gaining Ground Mural Project: complete! And here's a sneak peek of one of the murals! Lots of gratitud...
10/12/2021

Paint day for the Gaining Ground Mural Project: complete! And here's a sneak peek of one of the murals! Lots of gratitude for this super group of volunteers. Some stayed and worked the whole 6 hours (thank you, Hannah and Kayla)! Almost every color you see in the mural has been gathered from farms, neighbors, and roadsides near Chattanooga. Although some of these colors can be a bit finicky (especially in acrylic binder... which I'm still trying to figure out), the brilliance of earth pigments as paint never ceases to amaze me. . .

See you tomorrow at our paint day! We'll have all the supplies and guidance you'll need to help out, including paint mad...
10/09/2021

See you tomorrow at our paint day! We'll have all the supplies and guidance you'll need to help out, including paint made from red-orange clay from Crabtree Farms of Chattanooga and Ocoee Creamery (OR1 and OR3 in the photo) 😄

Amanda and Lily Kate have been pounding, levigating (washing with water), and sifting pigments for the mural. It's so ex...
09/17/2021

Amanda and Lily Kate have been pounding, levigating (washing with water), and sifting pigments for the mural. It's so exciting to see all of these colors coming together! We'll start painting soon - stay tuned for more information about our upcoming public mural paint day!

A spectrum of soils collected from friends, local farms, and community gardens! Thank you to everyone who has shared soi...
09/17/2021

A spectrum of soils collected from friends, local farms, and community gardens! Thank you to everyone who has shared soil with us!

Amanda and her two sons got to visit Hope for the Inner City and learn about their beautiful garden, planted with help f...
09/08/2021

Amanda and her two sons got to visit Hope for the Inner City and learn about their beautiful garden, planted with help from community members and UTC students. The garden is open to anyone who needs fresh food (okra! corn! chard!). We also gathered a bit of soil for our mural, played on the playground, and visited Mark Making's Pollinators mural on the front fence. Thank you Tory and Joel for inviting us into this welcoming, vibrant space!

We enjoyed an early morning at Wheeler's Orchard and Vineyard, picking blueberries, tasting grapes (THE BEST!!!), and le...
09/01/2021

We enjoyed an early morning at Wheeler's Orchard and Vineyard, picking blueberries, tasting grapes (THE BEST!!!), and learning about the importance of getting our soil tested. Plants need certain soil pH and nutrient levels to thrive. Testing soil helps us care for the specific needs of our plants and deepens our understanding of the plot of land we call home. Thank you, Jane, for welcoming us for a sunrise vineyard visit!

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1918 Union Avenue
Chattanooga, TN
37404

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