>> THESE FILMMAKERS, THE FOLKS

BEHIND THE 2016 DOCUMENTARY BREW

HAMPSHIRE, ARE BACK WITH A FILM

CALLED THE WALL DOGS CREATE THE

MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR.

IT LOOKS AT THE PAINTING

COLLECTIVE THE WALL DOGS AS THEY

TRAVEL TO KEEN TO PAINT 16

HISTORICAL MURALS IN THE

DOWNTOWN AREA.

THEY READY LONG-LASTING ART

PIECES OVER THE COURSE OF THREE

DAYS.

YOU CAN WATCH THE WALL DOGS ON

BROUGHT CAST OR STREAMING ONLINE

AT VPTV.ORG.

ENJOY THE FILM, AND THANKS FOR

WATCHING.

WATCHING.

>> THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS

ABOUT A WALLDOG FESTIVAL, PEOPLE

HAVE BEEN GOING TO THEM FOR

YEARS WILL TELL YOU IT'S A

COMMUNITY CHANGING EVENT.

IT DOESN'T JUST CHANGE THE FACE

THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE MURALS

ARE THERE.

THERE'S A NEW FIRST OF

COOPERATION, AND I THINK

EVERYBODY APPRECIATES WHAT CAN

HAPPEN WHEN EVERYBODY IS WORKING

TOWARDS A POSITIVE OGOAL.

>> PETER CAME HOME FROM THE

WALLDOGS MEET ON A CLOUD.

HE EXPLAINED WHAT THE WALLDOGS

WERE AND WHAT THEY DID AND HOW

THEY CAME TO A COMMUNITY ONCE A

YEAR AND PAINTED MURALS, PUBLIC

ART MURALS THAT HAD TO DO WITH A

TOWN'S HISTORY AND HE WAS SO

EXCITED AND HE SAYS WE NEED TO

DO THIS FOR KEENE.

>> IN ORDER FOR THEM TO COME TO

YOUR TOWN THEY HAVE TO BELIEVE

YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO THROW

THIS FESTIVAL.

OH, YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO EARN

IT.

THERE'S ABOUT ONE TOWN FOR 200

INQUIRIES BUT ANY TOWN THAT

WANTS IT BAD ENOUGH, IT'S THERE

FOR THE TAKING.

THE WALLDOGS ARE A VERY LOOSE

KNIT GROUP OF MOSTLY SIGN

PAINTERS.

IT'S THE LEAST ORGANIZED

ORGANIZATION YOU'LL EVER FIND.

THERE'S NO LEADER.

THERE'S NO HEADQUARTERS, THERE'S

NO PHONE NUMBER.

NOBODY TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH,

NOBODY GETS PAID.

THEY JUST ALL SHOW UP ONCE A

YEAR FOR A WALLDOGS FESTIVAL.

THE SORT OF SCUTTLEBUTT IN THE

WALL DOG COMMUNITY IS THAT WE'RE

JUST CON ARTISTS AND WE CON ONE

TOWN A YEAR INTO THROWING US A

BIG REUNION.

THEY PROVIDE THE PARTY SUPPLIES,

THE WALLS, THE PAINT, THE FOOD.

WE SHOW UP AND TRADE THEM ART

FOR A BIG PARTY.

>> TONIGHT 200 ARTISTS OUTDOOR

BARBECUE, WELCOME DINNER AND

THERE COULD BE RAIN.

[LAUGHTER]

AND THERE'S NO SENSE.

BUT ALL THE STAFF, ARTISTS ARE

ARRIVING, CHECK-IN IS HAPPENING

AND IT'S PHENOMENAL.

>> IT'S WONDERFUL TO MEET THE

PEOPLE WE HAVE JUST BEEN SEEING

ON PAPER CHANGE DESIGNS AND

ACTUALLY THEY ARE LEGENDS.

LITERALLY LIVING LEGENDS.

>> LITTLE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF

WHAT THE MURAL IS ALL ABOUT.

>> AS SOON AS IT GETS DARK THEY

ARE GOING TO BE OUT HERE

PROJECTING THE DESIGN.

THEY WILL TRACE IT IN, THEN

THURSDAY MORNING FIRST THING THE

REST OF THE ARTISTS SHOW UP AND

START PAINTING ALL DAY THURSDAY,

ALL DAY FRIDAY, ALL DAY SATURDAY

UNTIL THEY'RE DONE.

WE'RE BRINGING THEM HERE, GIVING

THEM EVERYTHING TO ACHIEVE

SUCCESS.

FROM THEN ON IT'S THE PAINTERS

THAT DO IT ALL.

WE'RE JUST GIVING THEM THE

PLATFORM TO SUCCESS.

WE'RE THE HUMAN SCAFFOLDING FOR

THE LITERAL SCAFFOLDING.

>> FOR US IT WAS REALLY

IMPORTANT TO GET THE COMMUNITY'S

TAKE ON WHAT SHOULD BE PORTRAYED

FOR HISTORIC SUBJECT MATTER.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE AS A

MURAL, AS A SUBJECT?

>> WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A SMALL

GROUP THAT CHOSE WHAT THESE

MURALS THAT DEPICTED OUR ENTIRE

HISTORY OF WAS.

FIRST WE OPENED UP THE

FLOODGATES TO EVERYONE TO COME

IN AND GIVE US HISTORICAL IDEAS

SO WE COULD COMPILE EVERYTHING

WITHOUT MISSING SOMETHING

IMPORTANT.

OUR HISTORICAL COMMITTEE

NARROWED THESE DOWN TO AROUND

30.

>> WE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT THE

SUBJECT HAVING A REAL MEANING TO

KEENE, AND DEEP MEANING.

SOME REALLY DIFFICULT

CONVERSATIONS CAN COME OUT OF

SOME OF THE SUBJECTS THAT WE

HAVE CHOSEN AND THEY SHOULD.

>> I THOUGHT I KNEW A LOT ABOUT

THIS PLACE THEN WHEN WE STARTED

GOING THROUGH THE POSSIBLE

SCENES I WAS DUMBFOUNDED BY HOW

MANY AMAZING STORIES THAT I HAD

NEVER HEARD OF, NONE OF US HAD

EVER HEARD OF.

>> WE INVITED COMMUNITY TO COME

BACK IN AND LOOK AT THE 30

SUBJECTS AND VOTE FOR THE 15

THAT DETICKETED DETICKET PICTURE

THEY WANTED IT.

>> SOME PEOPLE CALLED ME AND

SAID I COULDN'T MAKE IT TO ANY

OF THE VOTING TIMES AND DAYS.

CAN YOU OPEN UP THE HEADQUARTERS

SO I CAN GO HAVE MY VOTE?

I REALLY WANT TO MAKE MY MARK.

>> WE DID HAVE A FEW WE THOUGHT

WERE BEYOND THE VOTING THAT

WOULD BE INCLUDED FROM THE

START.

THE RAILROAD WAS ONE.

THE PRE-EUROPEAN PRESENCE, KEENE

STATE COLLEGE, JONATHAN DANIELS.

>> YOU ARE HERE TO HELP UNVEIL

--

>> AND THEN BECAUSE FUND-RAISING

WENT SO WELL AND THE CREATIVE

ART HADN'T REALLY BEEN INCLUDED

BARRY FAULKNER WAS THE 16th

MURAL CHOSEN, WE FIGURED WE

COULD FIND ENOUGH MONEY TO HAVE

BARRY PUT UP THERE TOO.

>> THREE, TWO, ONE!

[CHEERS AND APPLAUSE]

>> SO THE COMMUNITIES CHOSE THE

SUBJECTS.

THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.

NO OTHER WALL DOG MEET HAS EVER

BEEN RUN THAT WAY.

>> I WAS VERY, VERY SURPRISED

AND IN HINDSIGHT IMPRESSED WITH

THE COMMUNITY'S SELECTIONS OF

THE SUBJECT MATTER.

I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO JENNY

POWERS WAS BEFORE WE STARTED

THIS PROCESS.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT HER STORY,

WHO SHE WAS, WHAT SHE DID, IT'S

JUST MIND-BOGGLING HOW FAR AHEAD

OF HER TIME SHE WAS, HOW MUCH

RESISTANCE SHE MUST HAVE FELT TO

HAVE STUCK UP FOR BATTERED

WOMEN, CHILDREN AND ANIMAL AT

THAT POINT IN HISTORY.

>> THE HIGHEST VOTE GETTER AMONG

THE 24 SUBJECTS WAS JENNY

POWERS.

SHE HAD A FAN BASE I GUESS YOU

COULD SAY.

>> SHE WAS FIERCE AND FEARED AND

THE THUNDERSTORM OF A WOMAN, AND

IT SAYS THIS IS WHERE WE ARE

TODAY.

2019.

WOMEN MORE AND MORE ARE TAKING

OVER WALLS, BREAKING DOWN WALLS,

APPEARED SHE DESERVED TO BE ON

THIS WALL.

IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S ALL WE

HEAR, OH, THIS IS THE MURAL WE

VOTED ON FIRST.

EVERYONE WANTED IT.

THE MORE PEOPLE SAY THAT THE

MORE WE'RE HONORED TO BE THE

ONES ASKED TO DO IT.

>> HOW HAVE YOU BEEN DEALING

WITH THE RAIN TODAY?

>> IT'S NOT BEEN FUN BUT WE

THINK WE WE HAVE IT CONQUERED.

WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE AND

WE'RE TRYING TO PLAY CATCHUP.

THEY ARE ROCKIN'!

>> SOMETIMES IT'S A LOT OF

FACTORIES AND WEALTHY OLD MEN.

YOU KNOW.

WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT IN OUR

HISTORY, BUT I THINK IT WAS

REWARDING AND AFFIRMING THAT THE

COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND VOTED FOR

A CIVIL RIGHTS PERSON, LAND

CONSERVATION PEOPLE, JENNY

POWERS, THINGS THAT WERE

ASPIRATIONAL, NOT JUST BUSINESS

AND WEALTH.

>> MY FAVORITE STORIES ARE THE

ONES OF THE PEOPLE THAT JUST LED

THEIR OWN LIVES UNIQUELY,

HEROICALLY.

TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN

THE WORLD.

THAT'S THE STORIES THAT WE WANT

TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS

WITH.

>> I'M UP HERE PAINTING THE

JONATHAN DANIELS MURAL.

I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITED THAT

IT'S WHERE IT'S AT, ON THE

JONATHAN DANIELS BUILDING RIGHT

NEXT TO THE CHURCH HE WENT TO.

IT'S A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE FOR

ME.

>> BARRY FAULKNER WAS A TEEN

HOMETOWN HERO.

FAMOUS MURALIST.

THE MURAL IS A MURAL ABOUT

PAINTING A MURAL WITH HIM IN THE

FRONT.

IT'S HIS MOST FAMOUS MURAL.

SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF

INDEPENDENCE, WHICH IS ALONGSIDE

THE U.S. CONSTITUTION WHICH IS

IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES IN

WASHINGTON D.C.

>> I LOVE IT.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE

RECOGNIZING US.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE TOWN IS

CELEBRATING THE INDIAN PRESENCE

HERE.

I LOVE THE FACT THAT THIS IS

VALUED IN THIS COMMUNITY.

THE PICTURE THAT THEY DESIGNED

FOR THE PAST IS STUNNING.

IT REPRESENTS A SENSE OF FAMILY.

>> RIGHT.

>> CULTURE AND A CONTINUING --

[AUDIO NOT UNDERSTANDABLE]

THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT.

>> THE FAMILY ARE HERE NOW AND

THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF PICTURES,

AND WE'RE KIND OF GOING OVER

THAT TO MAKE A DECISION ON WE

WANT TO PUT THEIR FAMILY OR SOME

REPRESENATION OF THEM IN THIS

PANEL HERE.

THEY ARE THE MOST WELL KNOWN

FAMILY FROM KEENE THAT'S THE

ABERNAKI TRIBE.

>> I'M LOVING THIS.

I'M LOVING THAT.

THE COLOR IS PERFECT FOR THAT.

THE GAZE INTO THE SKY.

I LOVE THE EARRINGS.

I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR SUBJECT

RIGHT HERE.

I JUST THINK THAT'S BEAUTIFUL.

>> KEENE REALLY IS A COLLEGE

TOWN, AND TO NOT HAVE THEM

REPRESENTED WOULD HAVE I THINK

BEEN A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR

BOTH THE COLLEGE AND THE

COMMUNITY AND OUR TIES.

>> ALWAYS UP FOR A NEW CHALLENGE

AND THIS WAS DEFINITELY A

CHALLENGE FOR US.

AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S THE LARGEST

ONE HERE, THE LARGEST ONE I HAVE

SEEN DONE.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT MANUFACTURING

IN KEENE.

THERE WOULD BE NO KEENE WITHOUT

INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING.

BUT THAT COMES FROM THE RAILROAD

AND THE RIVER.

THERE'S A REASON THAT KEENE

DEVELOPED AS KIND OF THE HUB OF

THE COMMUNITY.

>> THE MURAL IS ABOUT 55 FEET AT

THE TOP.

THE REASON WE CHOSE TO DO THAT

WAS PARTLY FOR THE DRAMA OF

HAVING ONE WAY UP HIGH, PARTLY

BECAUSE OLD FASHIONED

ADVERTISEMENTS PAINTED ON THE

BUILDINGS LIKE THAT WERE OFTEN

MEANT TO BE SEEN FROM A LONG

WAYS AWAY ANWR PAINTED LARGE

FORMAT HIGH UP ON A BUILDING

LIKE THAT.

>> THE ISSUE OF HOW BIG AND THE

PLACEMENT ON THE BUILDINGS WAS

LEFT ENTIRELY UP TO ME.

I HAD BEEN LOOKING AT THESE

BUILDINGS FOR A LONG TIME WITH

THE IDEA OF PUTTING THESE ON

HERE.

THE PARTICULAR BUILDINGS WE

CHOSE WERE PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF

GOOD BRICKS AND PARTIALLY

BECAUSE WE WANTED THEM TO FIT

INTO THIS WALKING TOUR IN A NICE

WAY SO WE HAD THEM SPRINKLED

THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN.

ONCE WE PICKED THE WALLS I WAS

THE ONE THAT MOCKED UP A BOX OR

FORMAT OF WHERE THE ARTISTS

WOULD WORK AND FOR ME IT WAS

JUST PLEASING TO THE EYE WHERE I

THOUGHT IT FELT LIKE IT WAS

SIZED AND PLACED PROPERLY.

THIS WAS ALL MOCKED UP ON A

COMPUTER SCREEN THEN FINALLY

COMES THE DAY TO PRIME THE

WALLS, AND I'VE GOT THE TAPE

MUIR AND THE PHOTO.

I'M IN THE BUCKET TRUCK UP THERE

MARKING OUT THE CORNERS AND I'M

GOING BACK, LOOKING AT IT

THINKING, WOW, I HOPE I DIDN'T

GO TOO BIG ON THIS ONE!

>> WE TRY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE

TO PAINT AS POSSIBLE.

WE FEEL LIKE I MAY NOT EVER BE

HERE AGAIN BUT IF LOCAL PEOPLE

GET SOME PAINT ON THE WALL IT

BECOMES THEIR WALL AND EVERY

TIME A LITTLE KID RIDES BY HERE

HE'S GOING TO SAY, I PAINTED

THAT!

WE LIKE TO INCLUDE THE TOWN AS

MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT'S

REALLY ABOUT THEM.

>> IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO

SEE HOW MUCH APPRECIATION THE

COMMUNITY HAD FOR WHAT THESE

ARTISTS WERE DOING FOR US.

THIS GIFT THEY WERE GIVING US.

>> IT'S A BLESSING IT OUR TOWN.

>> IT WAS ALL VOLUNTEER.

250 WALLDOGS, MURALISTS,

VOLUNTEERED TO COME HERE AND

PAINT THESE.

IT'S HARD WORK.

IT'S DAY AND NIGHT FOR DAYS.

AND THEY PAID TO DO IT.

THEY PAID THEIR WAY HERE TO DO

IT.

>> I COME BY HERE PROBABLY FIVE,

SIX TIMES DURING MY SHIFT.

THIS IS THE NICEST SHIFT I HAVE

HAD SO FAR.

THERE'S A LADY THAT WORKS IN THE

LOWER OFFICE SHE'S BEEN LOOKING

AT THIS WALL FOR OVER 20 YEARS,

NOW SHE GETS TO LOOK AT THE ART

PIECE.

>> I THINK REALLY SOMETHING AND

WE GO HOME WITH SO MUCH MORE.

>> I THINK PEOPLE FEEL A REALLY

DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE FOR THIS

AMAZING ARTWORK THAT THESE

ARTISTS ARE LEAVING HERE FOR US.

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IN THIS DAY

AND AGE THAT 200 PEOPLE WOULD

COME TO TOWN AND THEY ARE THAT

TALENTED AND WORK LIKE DOGS FOR

THREE OR FOUR DAVIS TO LEAVE US

A GIFT.

SO THE GRALTTUDE THAT GOES BOTH

WAYS IS THE PIECE THAT MAKES THE

WALLDOGS FESTIVAL SO SPECIAL.

>> I WAS 34 WHEN I SAT DOWN ON

THE SCAFFOLDING FOR THE VERY

FIRST ONE.

I REALIZE LOOKING BACK HOW

CYNICAL AND -- YOU CAN LOOK AT

THE WORLD AT THAT AGE.

AS WE SAT ON THE SCAFFOLDING

BEING ENTER TAINT BY BARBERSHOP

QUARTETS, PEOPLE READING FOR

ETRY, WE COULDN'T BE CYNICAL.

WE COULDN'T MOCK IT BECAUSE IT

WAS LIKE MAYBERRY.

THERE WAS SOME CURIOUS BOND

BETWEEN COMPLETE STRANGERS AND

THE COMMUNITY.

THEY DIDN'T KNOW US, WE DIDN'T

KNOW THEM AND BY THE ENDS OF THE

WEEKEND YOU'RE NO LONGER

STRANGERS.

>> HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN IN FOUR

DAYS I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT IT

DID.

>> WE'RE GOING TO MEET A LOT OF

WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND WE FALL IN

LOVE WITH THEM AND THEY FALL IN

LOVE WITH US.

WE GET TO GATHER WITH OUR

FRIENDS ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR

THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN FOREVER.

IT'S A BIG FAMILY REUNION FOR

US, LEARNING ABOUT KEENE, WHAT A

GREAT TOWN.

IT'S THE KIND OF PLACE I WOULD

LIKE TO LIVE.

>> I THINK WE FELT EARLY ON THAT

KEENE IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS

EXTRAORDINARY VOLUNTEER CULTURE

IN IT.

PEOPLE COMPLAIN A LOT ABOUT

KEENE BUT THEY REALLY LOVE IT,

AND I THINK THOSE TWO THINGS

MAYBE GO HAND IN HAND.

>> IT TAKES SO MUCH PLANNING AND

SO MUCH ENERGY AND ALSO TAKES A

LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AT THIS LEVEL.

I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE

NICEST ONES THAT I HAVE BEEN TO.

JUST THE SUPPORT WE HAVE

RECEIVED FROM KEENE ITSELF, JUST

BEEN PHENOMENAL.

EVERYBODY HAS JUST BEEN SO OPEN.

>> BUT THIS PARTICULAR TOWN IS

THE NICEST TOWN I HAVE EVER BEEN

IN.

IT REALLY IS.

WE DON'T SEE THIS KIND OF

CAMARADERIE OUT WHERE I'M FROM.

[LAUGHTER]

>> WE HAD SOME SUPER PEOPLE

BEHIND US HELPING US GET TO THIS

POINT AND PRODUCE IT.

LUCKY US.

LUCKY US FOR LIVING IN KEENE,

RIGHT?

>> FROM ONE OF THE PIECES I

DIDN'T REALLY SEE COMING THAT

WAS REALLY REWARDING WAS WORKING

WITH SUCH A LARGE, ENTHUSIASTIC

GROUP OF LOCAL CITIZENS.

MOST OF WHOM I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW

BEFORE THIS.

SEEING I SPENT 35 YEARS IN A

ONE-MAN SHOP TO DO A PROJECT

THAT TURNED INTO 150, 200

VOLUNTEERS WAS A RAEL SURPRISED,

REWARDING THING.

TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF ENTHUSIASM

COME OUT FROM THE CITY I LIVE IN

MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT LIVING

HERE.

HOW WELL THE CITY CAME OUT WAS

REALLY SOMETHING.

>> MU DAUGHTER IS UP ON THE

STAGE NOW DOING SOME DETAILING

AND PAINTING.

MY SON-IN-LAW IS ALSO PAINTING.

IT'S IN THE BLOOD OF ALL OF US.

WE LOVE DOING IT.

>> MY SON JAKE.

>> HERE'S MY DAUGHTER.

IT'S HER FIRST MEET.

WE PAINTED THAT TOGETHER.

IT FELT RIGHT, YOU KNOW.

>> I'M NOT A PAINTER BY TRADE.

I'M ACTUALLY A POSTAL WORKER.

MY DAUGHTER IS THE ARTIST.

SHE'S THE ONE THAT GOT US

STARTED IN THIS.

SHE'S 14 YEARS OLD AND SHE SAID,

MOM, I WANT TO GO PAINT WITH THE

WALLDOGS.

I SAID, WHAT?

WHO?

NO.

I DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE AND

WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT.

THEY JUST OPENED UP THEIR HEARTS

AND THEIR PAINT CANS FOR US AND

LET US HOP ON THE WALL.

SHE IS NOW 25, THIS IS GOING ON

11 YEARS.

>> IT'S A GOOD NETWORK OF

ARTISTS.

I DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER ARTISTS

IN THE WORLD.

BUT TURNS INTO A FAMILY

ATMOSPHERE AFTER A WHILE AND YOU

GET TO KNOW PEOPLE.

JUST AN EXCUSE TO SEE DIFFERENT

PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.

>> WE'RE TEACHING FOLKS THAT

WANT TO COME AND LEARN.

THROUGH PUBLIC ART, CELEBRATING

THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN.

>> THE VOLUNTEERING PART IS

GREAT.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE BACK AT SOME

POINT.

THE GUYS THAT TOOK ME UNDER

THEIR WINGS, HOW DO YOU PAY THAT

BACK?

YOU JUST PACK IT ON.

NOEL WEBER IS ONE OF MY HEROES.

WHEN HE LOOKED AT IT WENT WENT,

YES, THAT'S ALL RIGHT.

I PAINT FOR MYSELF, FOR MY

HEROES.

>> THE HISTORY OF KEENE IS

DISPLAYED ON THE WALLS HERE.

WALLDOGS, THAT'S WHAT WE DO.

WE GO INTO SMALLER TOWNS AND WE%

WORK IN THE HISTORICAL DISTRICTS

AND WE BRING THE PEOPLE BACK

DOWNTOWN.

>> ALAN FROM THE HISTORICAL

SOCIETY DID TWO TOURS ON FRIDAY

AND SATURDAY.

AND ON SATURDAY'S TOUR HE HAD

100 PEOPLE FOLLOWING HIM AROUND

LIKE DUCKLINGS.

IT WAS A TWO-HOUR TOUR, AND THEY

LOVED IT.

PEOPLE ARE KNOCKING DOWN HIS

DOOR TO DO MORE TOURS.

THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS DONE

A WHOLE SECTION OF THE RESEARCH

LIBRARY DEDICATED TO OUR MURAL

SUBJECTS.

TEACHERS WANT TO INCORPORATE THE

MURALS AND THE SUBJECTS INTO

THEIR CURRICULUM.

WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT DOING

SOME EDUCATION BASED GRANTS.

IT DOESN'T END WITH THE CREATION

OF THESE BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF

ARTWORK.

THERE'S SO MANY APPLICATIONS.

>> I THINK THE HISTORY PART IS

MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT THIS

ONE.

I LOVE THAT THE PEOPLE FROM

KEENE ARE IN ALL THESE MURALS.

YOU NEED TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE

PAST JUST TO KNOW WHERE YOU CAME

FROM.

THESE MURALS HELP DO THAT.

>> I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO

SET THIS TOWN UP, YOU WERE

REALLY ATTRACTIVE, YOU DIDN'T

REALLY NEED IT BUT YOU'VE GOT

IT.

I SAW THAT THEIR CATCH PHRASE

WAS TO MAKE KEENE A DESTINATION.

IT ALREADY HAS A LOT GOING FOR

IT, BUT IF THEY CAN UTILIZE THIS

AS ONE MORE THING, THEN MAYBE

OUR PURPOSE CAN SPREAD OUT TO

THE EAST COAST AND WE CAN HAVE

MORE MEETS AND MORE PUBLIC ART

AND MORE SMALL COMMUNITIES.

>> IT'S ADDICTING.

WE LOVE DOING THIS.

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE.

IT'S LIKE JUST COME ON, LET'S

GO.

YOU KNOW?

I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME

ARTISTS THAT WORKED ON THE WALLS

FROM KEENE WE'LL SEE THEM IN

ILLINOIS NEXT YEAR.

JUST SNOWBALLS, YOU KNOW.

EVERYBODY LOVES DOING THIS.

IT'S JUST SUCH FUN.

>> I PLAN TO GO TO NEXT YEAR'S

FESTIVAL.

I HAVE ALREADY BEEN INVITED TO

WORK ON A WALL, SO I'M QUITE

EXCITED.

>> I THINK OUR ENTIRE EXECUTIVE

COMMITTEE IS INTENDING TO GO TO

NEXT YEAR'S FESTIVAL.

>> THERE'S DEFINITELY LOVE FOR

ART WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC ART,

STANLEY CUP TINK, PAINTING, THIS

IS THE BEST WAY I KNOW HOW TO DO

IT AND EVERYONE CAN SEE IT FOR A

LONG TIME.

>> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE

SEE ART ISN'T JUST IN GALLERIES,

IT'S OUT HERE IN THE PUBLIC, IT

WILL BE HERE FOR MANY, MANY

YEARS TO COME.

>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT

CONTAINED IN A GALLERY, HUNG ON

THE WALL.

ACTUALLY WORKING EVERY DAY.

PEOPLE CAN SEE IT.

THEN HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH

THAT.

SOME CONNECTION, EMOTIONAL

CONNECTION.

>> SO FOR ME, I LOOK AT THE

MURALS IN A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT

WAYS.

THE PRIMARY ONE FOR ME IS -- ONE

OF THE THE MOST REWARDING PIECES

WAS THE GET TO KNOW AND WORK

WITH PEOPLE WHOSE WORK I HAD

ADMIRED FOR DECADES, NOT ONLY TO

WORK WITH THEM AND GET TO KNOW

THEM BUT NOW TO HAVE THEIR

ARTWORK GRACE MY CITY SO WHEN

I'M DRIVING BY THE SENTINEL

BUREAU I KNOW THAT'S AN ORIGINAL

DESIGN.

NOEL WEBER IS ONE OF THE FINEST

ARTISTS IN THE LETTERING ARTS IN

THE WORLD AND TO HAVE HIM COME

TO KEENE AND PAT ME ON THE BACK

FOR A JOB WELL DONE, THANK ME

FOR INVITING HIM AND TO LEAVE

THAT AMAZING MURAL ON THE WALL

IS FROM A SIGN DESIGNER'S POINT

OF VIEW IT'S OVER THE THE TOP.

>> PETER AND I CAME UP WITH A

VISION OF WHAT WE WANTED TO

CREATE AND HOW IT WOULD GO, AND

WE SET OUR SIGHTS REALLY HIGH.

WE WANT TO HAVE THE BEST

FESTIVAL THAT THE WALLDOGS HAVE

EVER HAD IN 25 YEARS.

WE WORKED FOR 20 MONTHS AND

HONESTLY, I THINK IT WAS

PERFECT.

I THINK IT'S PERFECT.

>> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE

EXAGGERATING, SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO

BE TRUE.

NOTHING IS GOING TO HIT ALL THAT

GOOD STUFF.

WHAT'S THE DOWNSIDE?

BUT WHEN YOU'RE PART OF IT, YOU

WALK AROUND AND SEE WHAT

HAPPENS, IT'S A RARITY IN THE

WORLD THESE DAYS.

THERE'S NOT MUCH TO COMPARE IT

TO AND HOW LUCKY WE ARE THAT WE

GOT IT.

YOU KNOW?

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