This will be the 15th annual eagerly-anticipated painting event at Share-It Square, the first-ever intersection repair project in the USA. The design you see on this page is the result of a community design workshop which the Share-It Square community has generated as part of a simple breakfast potluck. Unlike many cooperative communities that use formal decision-making processes, this community has developed a very high degree of shared understanding and trust, which has helped it to be able to make many decisions through informal, joyous processes that involve food and fun.

While the overall design of Share-It Square was decided long ago, the central image concept changes every year. This enables the local community to come together in a symbolic design collaboration every single year. The design two years ago represented the ageless question of “which came first, the chicken or the egg?”. Last year, the design was a four-lobed idea with different environments inhabiting each quarter of the inner circle. This year’s concept is another four directional design, and includes an image of the Earth at it’s center. What will it be next year, or in a hundred years? What is certain is that the design will be a reflection of this increasingly sustainable community.

Schedule

Saturday, June 5th: 10:00 - 4:00pm Painting!