Club ‘paints the town’ for LARC

Eleven murals in and the Sequim Boys & Girls Club keeps its streak going with another happy client.

Eleven murals in and the Sequim Boys & Girls Club keeps its streak going with another happy client.

Club members with the Paint the Town program recently completed an outside mural for the LARC Gallery, 425 E. Washington St., that faces traffic going west.

Members of the club Kyle Gordeuk, Collin Holcombe, Faith McConnaughey, Emily Stanley of Marysville, Alex Blanchard and Daniel Call followed Teen Room coordinator Luke Kisena’s design.

Kisena said it took nine-plus hours to complete, including about two hours for Gordeuk to film stop-motion video. The video can be seen at www.facebook.com/ShirleyMercerArt.

Shirley Mercer, owner of the gallery, said she learned of the group after one of the gallery’s artists brought her a newspaper clipping of the Martin Luther King Jr. mural the group painted.

“I thought it’d draw some attention to the business,” she said. “And it says all types of art are welcome here.”

Holcombe, who has worked on other murals, said it’s a good outlet and fun.

“It gives me the chance to give back to the community,” he said.

Club members also recently completed a mural in the club’s gymnasium.

For more information on a mural for your business or group, call call Kisena at 683-8095.

For more information on the LARC Gallery, call 775-9816.