“A Story of Floods” Mural Highlights Partnership with NJ Coastal Resiliency Art Program to Educate Community on Coastal Hazard Impacts
For immediate release:
November 22, 2022
(Atlantic City, NJ) – On Wednesday, December 7 at 11 am the Atlantic City Arts Foundation (ACAF) will unveil “A Story of Floods,” the city’s first augmented reality mural, developed for the NJ Coastal Resiliency Art Program to bring awareness to coastal climate risk and resilience.
WHO:
Kate O’Malley, Interim Executive Director, ACAF
Jill Fermonte, Community Engagement Coordinator, ACAF
Elizabeth Terenik, Board Secretary, ACAF & President, Chelsea EDC
Kaira Villanueva, Lead Artist
Dr. Aigner Holmes, COO, Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City (BGCAC)
Sydney Perkins, Director of Resource Development, BGCAC
Devon Blair, Bureau of Climate Resilience Planning, NJ Department of Environmental Protection
Danielle Bursk, Director of Artist Services, NJ State Council on the Arts
WHEN:
Wednesday, December 7, 11 am
WHERE:
Chelsea Club, Boys and Girls Club of Atlantic City
215 N. Sovereign Avenue
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
The Atlantic City Arts Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to increasing public art access and fostering community art education in Atlantic City, NJ. ACAF develops programs that promote arts-based tourism and economic development initiatives while increasing community pride and civic self-esteem. Programs include 48 Blocks Atlantic City, Chalk About AC and ARTeriors. www.atlanticcityartsfoundation.org/
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