Mural with a message coming to Mission
BY LAYLA FARMER
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After more than four decades as part of
the downtown landscape, the Winston
Salem Rescue Mission is getting a new
look.
Last week, artists from the Pilot
Mountain-based Floyds' Artworks compa
ny started work on a massive mural that
will span more than 200 feet of wall space
on the exterior walls of the Mission's ware
house and thrift store facility on Cherry
and 7th streets. The vibrant mural, which
is slated to be complete Friday, depicts the
work, history and contributions of the
Mission, a Christian homeless shelter and
ministry that serves over 400 men daily
through a variety of programs and services.
The project was supported by a grant from
the Millennium Fund and in-kind donations
from Floyds' Artworks, which is family
owned and operated.
Last fall, the Mission consolidated its
clothing and furniture thrift stores under
one roof at the Oak Street location.
'When we combined our two thrift
stores, we knew we needed to update our
signage." explained Development Director
Mike Foster. "We needed awareness of
who we are and what we do."
Foster applied for funding for the new
signs from the Millennium Fund and post
ed an appeal on the organization's
Facebook page. He soon connected with
Lisa Floyd, an accomplished artist with
more than 30 years' experience as a mural
ist. Together with her husband. Dale Floyd
and their children. Julia and Jess, who
make up Floyds' Artworks, Lisa Floyd has
painted more than 10() murals to date.
Initially, Foster simply asked the Floyds to
paint a sign that would bring attention to
the Mission and direct motorists to its var
ious sites.
"From a business standpoint, we felt
like it was a good marketing move." he
explained.
The sign alone began to generate a
noticeable increase in business at the thrift
store. Foster said. When he learned in
January that the Mission had been awarded
the grant from the Millennium Fund, he
wasted no time in again enlisting the
Floyds' help. Foster said he is hopeful the
mural will help raise awareness in the local
community of the accomplishments of res
idents who come to the Mission to turn
their lives around.
"It legitimizes what they're here trying
to do." he said. "There's a whole lot more
to it than getting a place to stay and three
meals a day." .
Photos by Layla Farmer
The Floyd family from left: Jess, Dale, Lisa and Julia.
San Franciso-native Lisa Floyd began
painting professionally at age 15, at the
behest of her father, Robert Fessenden of
Sacramento, Calif., who encouraged her to
apprentice with a local painter. Since that
time, Floyd, now 46, has made her living
creating murals and
window designs for
businesses and non
profits all up and
down the East Coast.
The Mission's
mural will feature
storefronts with
awnings and architec
tural elements that
mimic the style of the
nearby Arts District,
and a view of the
Trollinger
city's skyline.
"We wanted to extend the Arts District,
but also extend the feeling, the atmosphere
for the guys (at the Mission) because they
waJk these streets everyday," Lisa said.
"They don't go to the Arts District so I kind
of brought it to them, to give them a neigh
borhood look and feel ... so they can feel
like it's their own little area of downtown."
The residents have been very support
ive of the project, Lisa said. A few have
even helped to paint the mural, something
she said the family encourages.
"We wanted them to because it helps
them feel like it's theirs," she commented.
"They take pride in possession.'"
Mission resident Mario Trollinger spent
much of his day Saturday working along
side the Floyds.
"I had to do something positive, you
know? Get a little blessing here and there,"
said the 40 year-old Burlington native.
"It's something that I really like to do."
Trollinger, the warehouse supervisor at
the Mission, said he has always enjoyed
painting and he was pleased with the senti
ment behind the mural itself.
"I think it shows a positive role for peo
ple that are trying to make a change in their
life, and the public can get a good view of
what the Rescue Mission is all about," he
remarked. "I think it's a positive thing that
they've established."
Lisa says the company always matches
the funds they are given for a project when
working with a nonprofit. Being able to
help a Christian organization like the
Mission makes the project all the more
meaningful for her, she added.
"That was my vision from the begin
ning-we needed to expose what goes on
there. It's amazing all they've done and I
don't think people have a clue," she stated.
"To be able to help God's work at the
Mission to go forward and be exposed is
awesome. To see lives change-that's what
it's all about."
For more information about the
Winston-Salem Rescue Mission, visit
www.wsrescue.org or call (336) 723-1848.
For more information about Floyds'
Artworks, find them on Facebook, call
(336) 351-2225 or email loydsart
works @ gmail.com.
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