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Nina moved to her home town!thank you for everyone involved ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ #Repost @mshammettconstruction ใƒปใƒปใƒป So grateful to be apart of this installation! We put together the absolute best team possible to get this large mural placed in downtown Tryon! #loveacrosstheusa #oleknyc #givingback #tfac #ninasimone Thank you @thesketchbookreporter for documenting this precious moment! ใƒปใƒปใƒป Philadelphia Neighbors: Graduate Hospital. The corner of 17th and Catherine. #bluesketches
THIS IS US - THIS IS LOVE ACROSS THE USA ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ–ค #thisiswhatcommunitylookslike ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ–ค These lovelies and then some came together in #philadelphia #PA to bring you our latest crochet mural! What a beautiful crew! Thank you for sharing your stories, your time and you hands. We love you! #muralarts #crocheting #connectingpeople #communityart #publicart #mariananderson #hugsomeonetoday Thank you to @muralarts @barnesfoundation @redheartyarns and EVERYBODY who supported our work here ๐Ÿ“ธ @muralarts We just had to repost this image by @sideshowpanda ๐Ÿ’– ๐Ÿผ and... 3 #crocheted murals are up the same time!!! Letโ€™s keep them coming USA! ใƒปใƒปใƒป Did you know this mural is actually crochet? Look closer at Here Comes The Sun - International crochet artist #olek brought the community public art project #loveacrosstheusa to #raleighnc where over 100 participants each completed a 2 foot by 2 foot crocheted section of the mural. Olek stitched the pieces together to complete this 40โ€™ wide & 20โ€™ high crochet mural, all made from #redheartyarn . @redheartyarns HEY LOVELIES - hereโ€™s our ASSEMBLY DAY RECAP from last Sunday inside the Barnes Foundation ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ–ค What a day we had! Thousands of people walked by as we put the mural together piece by piece all day // Thank you to everyone who helped, who hung out with us and shared these amazing moments with us // #thisiswhatcommunitylookslike #mariananderson #philadelphia #crochet #neverstopdreaming #mural #loveacrosstheusa #publicart THANK YOU @barnesfoundation @muralarts @redheartyarns AND A MAJOR THANK YOU TO @thetoyviking who took and shared all these amazing pics of us working it ๐Ÿ’œ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿ–ค #Philadelphia - YOU DID IT ๐Ÿ’œ Mural number 5 in our #loveacrosstheusa journey is up and we couldnโ€™t be happier ๐Ÿ’œ During the last three months, 100 crocheters contributed the 140 squares that went into this beautiful tribute to Philadelphiaโ€˜s own Marian Anderson ๐Ÿ’œ Thank you to all that made it happen - the love, excitement and dedication here in Philly shows in every stitch. Thank you for joining #teamolek and spreading the love ๐Ÿ’œ Thank you: @muralarts @barnesfoundation @redheartyarns // #crochet #communityart #publicart #mural #mariananderson #hugsomeonetoday #notimeforhate
Thank you @tenacioust07 for this amazing image capturing community celebrating the importance of our #crocheted mural ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ ใƒปใƒปใƒป The Universe told us to buckle up. Look at all of this #Love. Women are amazing. #proud #femalefilmmaker #CLEDirector #imakeart @loveacrosstheusa #loveacrossAkron #AintIAWoman #Akron 110 souls who came together to create this gift for the city of #akron. #aintiawoman #sojournertruth #loveacrosstheusa #redheartyarns Congratulations to everyone! It has been long long months of making this mural a reality. Special thanks and lots of love to Cindy and her team for taking all the tasks on their shoulders. ๐Ÿ’– Cindy @harpsandthistlesyarnemporium Sara, Mary, Jenn ๐Ÿ’– Tina ๐Ÿ–ค #aintiawoman #sojournertruth #akron #redheartyarns #loveacrosstheusa Thank you #Akron #Ohio 700 000 loops #crocheted by 220 hands! #aintiawoman #sojournertruth #loveacrosstheusa #teamolek #redheartyarns @redheartyarns Thank you brave @_jennkidd_ for this amazing capture of fun, easy install with John Campbell ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™๐Ÿ™ ใƒปใƒปใƒป Love Across Akron mural reveal celebration, today from 3-7 at Lock 3 โค๏ธ Thank you๐Ÿงก๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™ yeap itโ€™s up! @smartstudioakron ใƒปใƒปใƒป Bad. Ass. ๐Ÿ˜› #teamolek #girl #loveacrosstheusa #loveacrossakron #omgolek #redheartyarns
In the rain... but here comes the sun. โ˜€๏ธ โ˜€๏ธ โ˜€๏ธ @raleighconvention @oleknyc #raleigh #visitraleigh #wraloutandabout #meghereandthere #offlineraleighdurham #raleighnc #conventioncenter #ninasimone #raleighconventioncenter #exploreraleigh #wetday #everythingisclean #sirwalter #olek #wheresthesun #herecomesthesun #dtr #olek #heyraleigh #rainyday ๐Ÿ“ท @megherethere megherethere #loveacrosstheusa #teamolek #nina4ever ๐Ÿ’–๐Ÿ”ฎ๐Ÿ’– @raleighconvention ใƒปใƒปใƒป Hereโ€™s a gorgeous shot of the #NinaSimone mural to brighten up your feed. Thank you, @nyshapierce! ๐Ÿ™ WOW ๐Ÿ’œ Beautiful group shot of three of our amazing #Philadelphia participants in front of this cool mural at Southwark School in South Philly ๐Ÿ’œ YOU ALL ROCK! #loveacrosstheusa #crochet #mural #teamolek #showusyoursquare #publicart #communityartproject #comingtogether @redheartyarns @muralarts @barnesfoundation @oleknyc ๐Ÿ“ท provided by: Melanie Stedje Restad