1 00:00:09,933 --> 00:00:10,966 >> THESE FILMMAKERS, THE FOLKS 2 00:00:10,966 --> 00:00:13,600 BEHIND THE 2016 DOCUMENTARY BREW 3 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,766 HAMPSHIRE, ARE BACK WITH A FILM 4 00:00:15,766 --> 00:00:18,700 CALLED THE WALL DOGS CREATE THE 5 00:00:18,700 --> 00:00:19,966 MAGICAL HISTORY TOUR. 6 00:00:19,966 --> 00:00:23,033 IT LOOKS AT THE PAINTING 7 00:00:23,033 --> 00:00:25,233 COLLECTIVE THE WALL DOGS AS THEY 8 00:00:25,233 --> 00:00:28,933 TRAVEL TO KEEN TO PAINT 16 9 00:00:28,933 --> 00:00:30,266 HISTORICAL MURALS IN THE 10 00:00:30,266 --> 00:00:31,100 DOWNTOWN AREA. 11 00:00:31,100 --> 00:00:33,033 THEY READY LONG-LASTING ART 12 00:00:33,033 --> 00:00:34,100 PIECES OVER THE COURSE OF THREE 13 00:00:34,100 --> 00:00:34,466 DAYS. 14 00:00:34,466 --> 00:00:37,500 YOU CAN WATCH THE WALL DOGS ON 15 00:00:37,500 --> 00:00:44,066 BROUGHT CAST OR STREAMING ONLINE 16 00:00:44,066 --> 00:00:44,366 AT VPTV.ORG. 17 00:00:44,366 --> 00:00:45,033 ENJOY THE FILM, AND THANKS FOR 18 00:00:45,033 --> 00:00:52,166 WATCHING. 19 00:00:52,166 --> 00:01:08,066 WATCHING. 20 00:01:08,066 --> 00:01:09,900 >> THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS 21 00:01:09,900 --> 00:01:12,133 ABOUT A WALLDOG FESTIVAL, PEOPLE 22 00:01:12,133 --> 00:01:13,733 HAVE BEEN GOING TO THEM FOR 23 00:01:13,733 --> 00:01:16,433 YEARS WILL TELL YOU IT'S A 24 00:01:16,433 --> 00:01:16,966 COMMUNITY CHANGING EVENT. 25 00:01:16,966 --> 00:01:18,033 IT DOESN'T JUST CHANGE THE FACE 26 00:01:18,033 --> 00:01:19,233 THE COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE MURALS 27 00:01:19,233 --> 00:01:19,500 ARE THERE. 28 00:01:19,500 --> 00:01:21,800 THERE'S A NEW FIRST OF 29 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:23,033 COOPERATION, AND I THINK 30 00:01:23,033 --> 00:01:24,500 EVERYBODY APPRECIATES WHAT CAN 31 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:26,933 HAPPEN WHEN EVERYBODY IS WORKING 32 00:01:26,933 --> 00:01:28,666 TOWARDS A POSITIVE OGOAL. 33 00:01:28,666 --> 00:01:31,366 >> PETER CAME HOME FROM THE 34 00:01:31,366 --> 00:01:33,633 WALLDOGS MEET ON A CLOUD. 35 00:01:33,633 --> 00:01:35,833 HE EXPLAINED WHAT THE WALLDOGS 36 00:01:35,833 --> 00:01:38,366 WERE AND WHAT THEY DID AND HOW 37 00:01:38,366 --> 00:01:40,000 THEY CAME TO A COMMUNITY ONCE A 38 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:42,366 YEAR AND PAINTED MURALS, PUBLIC 39 00:01:42,366 --> 00:01:46,000 ART MURALS THAT HAD TO DO WITH A 40 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:47,200 TOWN'S HISTORY AND HE WAS SO 41 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:49,333 EXCITED AND HE SAYS WE NEED TO 42 00:01:49,333 --> 00:01:50,100 DO THIS FOR KEENE. 43 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:52,766 >> IN ORDER FOR THEM TO COME TO 44 00:01:52,766 --> 00:01:54,733 YOUR TOWN THEY HAVE TO BELIEVE 45 00:01:54,733 --> 00:01:56,566 YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO THROW 46 00:01:56,566 --> 00:01:57,633 THIS FESTIVAL. 47 00:01:57,633 --> 00:01:59,866 OH, YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO EARN 48 00:01:59,866 --> 00:02:00,300 IT. 49 00:02:00,300 --> 00:02:04,266 THERE'S ABOUT ONE TOWN FOR 200 50 00:02:04,266 --> 00:02:05,600 INQUIRIES BUT ANY TOWN THAT 51 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:07,466 WANTS IT BAD ENOUGH, IT'S THERE 52 00:02:07,466 --> 00:02:16,866 FOR THE TAKING. 53 00:02:16,866 --> 00:02:20,133 THE WALLDOGS ARE A VERY LOOSE 54 00:02:20,133 --> 00:02:22,666 KNIT GROUP OF MOSTLY SIGN 55 00:02:22,666 --> 00:02:22,933 PAINTERS. 56 00:02:22,933 --> 00:02:24,733 IT'S THE LEAST ORGANIZED 57 00:02:24,733 --> 00:02:26,366 ORGANIZATION YOU'LL EVER FIND. 58 00:02:26,366 --> 00:02:27,366 THERE'S NO LEADER. 59 00:02:27,366 --> 00:02:29,166 THERE'S NO HEADQUARTERS, THERE'S 60 00:02:29,166 --> 00:02:30,466 NO PHONE NUMBER. 61 00:02:30,466 --> 00:02:33,300 NOBODY TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH, 62 00:02:33,300 --> 00:02:34,633 NOBODY GETS PAID. 63 00:02:34,633 --> 00:02:35,233 THEY JUST ALL SHOW UP ONCE A 64 00:02:35,233 --> 00:02:37,933 YEAR FOR A WALLDOGS FESTIVAL. 65 00:02:37,933 --> 00:02:40,566 THE SORT OF SCUTTLEBUTT IN THE 66 00:02:40,566 --> 00:02:43,666 WALL DOG COMMUNITY IS THAT WE'RE 67 00:02:43,666 --> 00:02:45,200 JUST CON ARTISTS AND WE CON ONE 68 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,533 TOWN A YEAR INTO THROWING US A 69 00:02:48,533 --> 00:02:48,833 BIG REUNION. 70 00:02:48,833 --> 00:02:51,333 THEY PROVIDE THE PARTY SUPPLIES, 71 00:02:51,333 --> 00:02:53,400 THE WALLS, THE PAINT, THE FOOD. 72 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:55,800 WE SHOW UP AND TRADE THEM ART 73 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:57,800 FOR A BIG PARTY. 74 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:02,633 >> TONIGHT 200 ARTISTS OUTDOOR 75 00:03:02,633 --> 00:03:05,066 BARBECUE, WELCOME DINNER AND 76 00:03:05,066 --> 00:03:06,500 THERE COULD BE RAIN. 77 00:03:06,500 --> 00:03:08,666 [LAUGHTER] 78 00:03:08,666 --> 00:03:10,966 AND THERE'S NO SENSE. 79 00:03:10,966 --> 00:03:14,633 BUT ALL THE STAFF, ARTISTS ARE 80 00:03:14,633 --> 00:03:16,466 ARRIVING, CHECK-IN IS HAPPENING 81 00:03:16,466 --> 00:03:18,266 AND IT'S PHENOMENAL. 82 00:03:18,266 --> 00:03:20,333 >> IT'S WONDERFUL TO MEET THE 83 00:03:20,333 --> 00:03:23,166 PEOPLE WE HAVE JUST BEEN SEEING 84 00:03:23,166 --> 00:03:24,766 ON PAPER CHANGE DESIGNS AND 85 00:03:24,766 --> 00:03:27,266 ACTUALLY THEY ARE LEGENDS. 86 00:03:27,266 --> 00:03:41,733 LITERALLY LIVING LEGENDS. 87 00:03:41,733 --> 00:03:44,133 >> LITTLE BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF 88 00:03:44,133 --> 00:04:14,933 WHAT THE MURAL IS ALL ABOUT. 89 00:04:14,933 --> 00:04:17,533 >> AS SOON AS IT GETS DARK THEY 90 00:04:17,533 --> 00:04:18,600 ARE GOING TO BE OUT HERE 91 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:19,166 PROJECTING THE DESIGN. 92 00:04:19,166 --> 00:04:21,500 THEY WILL TRACE IT IN, THEN 93 00:04:21,500 --> 00:04:22,566 THURSDAY MORNING FIRST THING THE 94 00:04:22,566 --> 00:04:24,533 REST OF THE ARTISTS SHOW UP AND 95 00:04:24,533 --> 00:04:26,433 START PAINTING ALL DAY THURSDAY, 96 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:28,966 ALL DAY FRIDAY, ALL DAY SATURDAY 97 00:04:28,966 --> 00:04:33,500 UNTIL THEY'RE DONE. 98 00:04:33,500 --> 00:04:35,666 WE'RE BRINGING THEM HERE, GIVING 99 00:04:35,666 --> 00:04:36,766 THEM EVERYTHING TO ACHIEVE 100 00:04:36,766 --> 00:04:37,000 SUCCESS. 101 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:38,633 FROM THEN ON IT'S THE PAINTERS 102 00:04:38,633 --> 00:04:42,233 THAT DO IT ALL. 103 00:04:42,233 --> 00:04:43,333 WE'RE JUST GIVING THEM THE 104 00:04:43,333 --> 00:04:46,766 PLATFORM TO SUCCESS. 105 00:04:46,766 --> 00:04:50,033 WE'RE THE HUMAN SCAFFOLDING FOR 106 00:04:50,033 --> 00:05:00,800 THE LITERAL SCAFFOLDING. 107 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,700 >> FOR US IT WAS REALLY 108 00:05:02,700 --> 00:05:05,266 IMPORTANT TO GET THE COMMUNITY'S 109 00:05:05,266 --> 00:05:10,900 TAKE ON WHAT SHOULD BE PORTRAYED 110 00:05:10,900 --> 00:05:11,533 FOR HISTORIC SUBJECT MATTER. 111 00:05:11,533 --> 00:05:13,366 WHAT DO YOU WANT TO SEE AS A 112 00:05:13,366 --> 00:05:14,833 MURAL, AS A SUBJECT? 113 00:05:14,833 --> 00:05:16,833 >> WE DIDN'T WANT TO BE A SMALL 114 00:05:16,833 --> 00:05:18,833 GROUP THAT CHOSE WHAT THESE 115 00:05:18,833 --> 00:05:20,266 MURALS THAT DEPICTED OUR ENTIRE 116 00:05:20,266 --> 00:05:21,600 HISTORY OF WAS. 117 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,400 FIRST WE OPENED UP THE 118 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:26,233 FLOODGATES TO EVERYONE TO COME 119 00:05:26,233 --> 00:05:27,933 IN AND GIVE US HISTORICAL IDEAS 120 00:05:27,933 --> 00:05:30,266 SO WE COULD COMPILE EVERYTHING 121 00:05:30,266 --> 00:05:31,800 WITHOUT MISSING SOMETHING 122 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:32,300 IMPORTANT. 123 00:05:32,300 --> 00:05:33,566 OUR HISTORICAL COMMITTEE 124 00:05:33,566 --> 00:05:36,266 NARROWED THESE DOWN TO AROUND 125 00:05:36,266 --> 00:05:36,633 30. 126 00:05:36,633 --> 00:05:40,800 >> WE TALKED AT LENGTH ABOUT THE 127 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:44,400 SUBJECT HAVING A REAL MEANING TO 128 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,866 KEENE, AND DEEP MEANING. 129 00:05:47,866 --> 00:05:48,333 SOME REALLY DIFFICULT 130 00:05:48,333 --> 00:05:49,566 CONVERSATIONS CAN COME OUT OF 131 00:05:49,566 --> 00:05:50,533 SOME OF THE SUBJECTS THAT WE 132 00:05:50,533 --> 00:05:53,600 HAVE CHOSEN AND THEY SHOULD. 133 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,600 >> I THOUGHT I KNEW A LOT ABOUT 134 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,000 THIS PLACE THEN WHEN WE STARTED 135 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,333 GOING THROUGH THE POSSIBLE 136 00:05:58,333 --> 00:06:01,300 SCENES I WAS DUMBFOUNDED BY HOW 137 00:06:01,300 --> 00:06:03,366 MANY AMAZING STORIES THAT I HAD 138 00:06:03,366 --> 00:06:06,100 NEVER HEARD OF, NONE OF US HAD 139 00:06:06,100 --> 00:06:07,500 EVER HEARD OF. 140 00:06:07,500 --> 00:06:09,000 >> WE INVITED COMMUNITY TO COME 141 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:11,633 BACK IN AND LOOK AT THE 30 142 00:06:11,633 --> 00:06:13,766 SUBJECTS AND VOTE FOR THE 15 143 00:06:13,766 --> 00:06:21,600 THAT DETICKETED DETICKET PICTURE 144 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:22,500 THEY WANTED IT. 145 00:06:22,500 --> 00:06:23,933 >> SOME PEOPLE CALLED ME AND 146 00:06:23,933 --> 00:06:25,433 SAID I COULDN'T MAKE IT TO ANY 147 00:06:25,433 --> 00:06:27,366 OF THE VOTING TIMES AND DAYS. 148 00:06:27,366 --> 00:06:29,833 CAN YOU OPEN UP THE HEADQUARTERS 149 00:06:29,833 --> 00:06:33,433 SO I CAN GO HAVE MY VOTE? 150 00:06:33,433 --> 00:06:37,033 I REALLY WANT TO MAKE MY MARK. 151 00:06:37,033 --> 00:06:38,300 >> WE DID HAVE A FEW WE THOUGHT 152 00:06:38,300 --> 00:06:40,466 WERE BEYOND THE VOTING THAT 153 00:06:40,466 --> 00:06:42,666 WOULD BE INCLUDED FROM THE 154 00:06:42,666 --> 00:06:42,866 START. 155 00:06:42,866 --> 00:06:44,366 THE RAILROAD WAS ONE. 156 00:06:44,366 --> 00:06:49,033 THE PRE-EUROPEAN PRESENCE, KEENE 157 00:06:49,033 --> 00:07:01,533 STATE COLLEGE, JONATHAN DANIELS. 158 00:07:01,533 --> 00:07:02,766 >> YOU ARE HERE TO HELP UNVEIL 159 00:07:02,766 --> 00:07:02,900 -- 160 00:07:02,900 --> 00:07:04,433 >> AND THEN BECAUSE FUND-RAISING 161 00:07:04,433 --> 00:07:08,200 WENT SO WELL AND THE CREATIVE 162 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:11,366 ART HADN'T REALLY BEEN INCLUDED 163 00:07:11,366 --> 00:07:13,933 BARRY FAULKNER WAS THE 16th 164 00:07:13,933 --> 00:07:15,533 MURAL CHOSEN, WE FIGURED WE 165 00:07:15,533 --> 00:07:17,633 COULD FIND ENOUGH MONEY TO HAVE 166 00:07:17,633 --> 00:07:27,266 BARRY PUT UP THERE TOO. 167 00:07:27,266 --> 00:07:39,666 >> THREE, TWO, ONE! 168 00:07:39,666 --> 00:07:52,766 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 169 00:07:52,766 --> 00:07:55,466 >> SO THE COMMUNITIES CHOSE THE 170 00:07:55,466 --> 00:07:55,933 SUBJECTS. 171 00:07:55,933 --> 00:07:57,400 THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE. 172 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:00,800 NO OTHER WALL DOG MEET HAS EVER 173 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:01,200 BEEN RUN THAT WAY. 174 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:04,366 >> I WAS VERY, VERY SURPRISED 175 00:08:04,366 --> 00:08:05,333 AND IN HINDSIGHT IMPRESSED WITH 176 00:08:05,333 --> 00:08:06,900 THE COMMUNITY'S SELECTIONS OF 177 00:08:06,900 --> 00:08:09,066 THE SUBJECT MATTER. 178 00:08:09,066 --> 00:08:10,400 I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW WHO JENNY 179 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:11,733 POWERS WAS BEFORE WE STARTED 180 00:08:11,733 --> 00:08:13,433 THIS PROCESS. 181 00:08:13,433 --> 00:08:16,033 AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT HER STORY, 182 00:08:16,033 --> 00:08:17,900 WHO SHE WAS, WHAT SHE DID, IT'S 183 00:08:17,900 --> 00:08:20,700 JUST MIND-BOGGLING HOW FAR AHEAD 184 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:21,700 OF HER TIME SHE WAS, HOW MUCH 185 00:08:21,700 --> 00:08:23,266 RESISTANCE SHE MUST HAVE FELT TO 186 00:08:23,266 --> 00:08:26,800 HAVE STUCK UP FOR BATTERED 187 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:28,633 WOMEN, CHILDREN AND ANIMAL AT 188 00:08:28,633 --> 00:08:29,100 THAT POINT IN HISTORY. 189 00:08:29,100 --> 00:08:32,466 >> THE HIGHEST VOTE GETTER AMONG 190 00:08:32,466 --> 00:08:34,266 THE 24 SUBJECTS WAS JENNY 191 00:08:34,266 --> 00:08:34,733 POWERS. 192 00:08:34,733 --> 00:08:36,133 SHE HAD A FAN BASE I GUESS YOU 193 00:08:36,133 --> 00:08:37,800 COULD SAY. 194 00:08:37,800 --> 00:08:39,833 >> SHE WAS FIERCE AND FEARED AND 195 00:08:39,833 --> 00:08:50,166 THE THUNDERSTORM OF A WOMAN, AND 196 00:08:50,166 --> 00:08:50,733 IT SAYS THIS IS WHERE WE ARE 197 00:08:50,733 --> 00:08:50,933 TODAY. 198 00:08:50,933 --> 00:08:51,133 2019. 199 00:08:51,133 --> 00:08:52,666 WOMEN MORE AND MORE ARE TAKING 200 00:08:52,666 --> 00:08:54,500 OVER WALLS, BREAKING DOWN WALLS, 201 00:08:54,500 --> 00:08:56,466 APPEARED SHE DESERVED TO BE ON 202 00:08:56,466 --> 00:08:57,033 THIS WALL. 203 00:08:57,033 --> 00:09:00,233 IN THE COMMUNITY THAT'S ALL WE 204 00:09:00,233 --> 00:09:02,400 HEAR, OH, THIS IS THE MURAL WE 205 00:09:02,400 --> 00:09:03,866 VOTED ON FIRST. 206 00:09:03,866 --> 00:09:04,633 EVERYONE WANTED IT. 207 00:09:04,633 --> 00:09:06,733 THE MORE PEOPLE SAY THAT THE 208 00:09:06,733 --> 00:09:08,066 MORE WE'RE HONORED TO BE THE 209 00:09:08,066 --> 00:09:20,466 ONES ASKED TO DO IT. 210 00:09:20,466 --> 00:09:23,100 >> HOW HAVE YOU BEEN DEALING 211 00:09:23,100 --> 00:09:24,666 WITH THE RAIN TODAY? 212 00:09:24,666 --> 00:09:26,100 >> IT'S NOT BEEN FUN BUT WE 213 00:09:26,100 --> 00:09:29,466 THINK WE WE HAVE IT CONQUERED. 214 00:09:29,466 --> 00:09:33,000 WE HAVE ALL THESE PEOPLE AND 215 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:34,933 WE'RE TRYING TO PLAY CATCHUP. 216 00:09:34,933 --> 00:09:36,366 THEY ARE ROCKIN'! 217 00:09:36,366 --> 00:09:38,633 >> SOMETIMES IT'S A LOT OF 218 00:09:38,633 --> 00:09:39,733 FACTORIES AND WEALTHY OLD MEN. 219 00:09:39,733 --> 00:09:40,066 YOU KNOW. 220 00:09:40,066 --> 00:09:41,933 WE HAVE A LOT OF THAT IN OUR 221 00:09:41,933 --> 00:09:44,333 HISTORY, BUT I THINK IT WAS 222 00:09:44,333 --> 00:09:48,233 REWARDING AND AFFIRMING THAT THE 223 00:09:48,233 --> 00:09:48,866 COMMUNITY CAME OUT AND VOTED FOR 224 00:09:48,866 --> 00:09:51,033 A CIVIL RIGHTS PERSON, LAND 225 00:09:51,033 --> 00:09:53,133 CONSERVATION PEOPLE, JENNY 226 00:09:53,133 --> 00:09:55,366 POWERS, THINGS THAT WERE 227 00:09:55,366 --> 00:09:59,300 ASPIRATIONAL, NOT JUST BUSINESS 228 00:09:59,300 --> 00:09:59,600 AND WEALTH. 229 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:03,233 >> MY FAVORITE STORIES ARE THE 230 00:10:03,233 --> 00:10:03,866 ONES OF THE PEOPLE THAT JUST LED 231 00:10:03,866 --> 00:10:08,433 THEIR OWN LIVES UNIQUELY, 232 00:10:08,433 --> 00:10:08,733 HEROICALLY. 233 00:10:08,733 --> 00:10:09,333 TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN 234 00:10:09,333 --> 00:10:09,600 THE WORLD. 235 00:10:09,600 --> 00:10:10,900 THAT'S THE STORIES THAT WE WANT 236 00:10:10,900 --> 00:10:11,500 TO INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS 237 00:10:11,500 --> 00:10:11,700 WITH. 238 00:10:11,700 --> 00:10:14,900 >> I'M UP HERE PAINTING THE 239 00:10:14,900 --> 00:10:15,666 JONATHAN DANIELS MURAL. 240 00:10:15,666 --> 00:10:17,133 I THINK IT'S REALLY EXCITED THAT 241 00:10:17,133 --> 00:10:20,933 IT'S WHERE IT'S AT, ON THE 242 00:10:20,933 --> 00:10:22,466 JONATHAN DANIELS BUILDING RIGHT 243 00:10:22,466 --> 00:10:23,866 NEXT TO THE CHURCH HE WENT TO. 244 00:10:23,866 --> 00:10:26,866 IT'S A MAGICAL EXPERIENCE FOR 245 00:10:26,866 --> 00:10:28,166 ME. 246 00:10:28,166 --> 00:10:30,800 >> BARRY FAULKNER WAS A TEEN 247 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,400 HOMETOWN HERO. 248 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:34,933 FAMOUS MURALIST. 249 00:10:34,933 --> 00:10:36,133 THE MURAL IS A MURAL ABOUT 250 00:10:36,133 --> 00:10:38,900 PAINTING A MURAL WITH HIM IN THE 251 00:10:38,900 --> 00:10:39,233 FRONT. 252 00:10:39,233 --> 00:10:41,566 IT'S HIS MOST FAMOUS MURAL. 253 00:10:41,566 --> 00:10:44,333 SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF 254 00:10:44,333 --> 00:10:46,833 INDEPENDENCE, WHICH IS ALONGSIDE 255 00:10:46,833 --> 00:10:49,400 THE U.S. CONSTITUTION WHICH IS 256 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,533 IN THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES IN 257 00:10:52,533 --> 00:10:52,900 WASHINGTON D.C. 258 00:10:52,900 --> 00:10:53,933 >> I LOVE IT. 259 00:10:53,933 --> 00:10:55,766 I LOVE THE FACT THAT THEY ARE 260 00:10:55,766 --> 00:10:57,200 RECOGNIZING US. 261 00:10:57,200 --> 00:11:00,666 I LOVE THE FACT THAT THE TOWN IS 262 00:11:00,666 --> 00:11:03,566 CELEBRATING THE INDIAN PRESENCE 263 00:11:03,566 --> 00:11:03,833 HERE. 264 00:11:03,833 --> 00:11:05,666 I LOVE THE FACT THAT THIS IS 265 00:11:05,666 --> 00:11:10,366 VALUED IN THIS COMMUNITY. 266 00:11:10,366 --> 00:11:14,233 THE PICTURE THAT THEY DESIGNED 267 00:11:14,233 --> 00:11:16,933 FOR THE PAST IS STUNNING. 268 00:11:16,933 --> 00:11:18,566 IT REPRESENTS A SENSE OF FAMILY. 269 00:11:18,566 --> 00:11:20,233 >> RIGHT. 270 00:11:20,233 --> 00:11:22,900 >> CULTURE AND A CONTINUING -- 271 00:11:22,900 --> 00:11:24,700 [AUDIO NOT UNDERSTANDABLE] 272 00:11:24,700 --> 00:11:28,033 THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT IT. 273 00:11:28,033 --> 00:11:29,166 >> THE FAMILY ARE HERE NOW AND 274 00:11:29,166 --> 00:11:31,566 THEY HAVE A BUNCH OF PICTURES, 275 00:11:31,566 --> 00:11:33,166 AND WE'RE KIND OF GOING OVER 276 00:11:33,166 --> 00:11:37,133 THAT TO MAKE A DECISION ON WE 277 00:11:37,133 --> 00:11:38,066 WANT TO PUT THEIR FAMILY OR SOME 278 00:11:38,066 --> 00:11:38,900 REPRESENATION OF THEM IN THIS 279 00:11:38,900 --> 00:11:39,433 PANEL HERE. 280 00:11:39,433 --> 00:11:41,200 THEY ARE THE MOST WELL KNOWN 281 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:47,700 FAMILY FROM KEENE THAT'S THE 282 00:11:47,700 --> 00:11:48,266 ABERNAKI TRIBE. 283 00:11:48,266 --> 00:11:49,566 >> I'M LOVING THIS. 284 00:11:49,566 --> 00:11:52,600 I'M LOVING THAT. 285 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:53,333 THE COLOR IS PERFECT FOR THAT. 286 00:11:53,333 --> 00:11:56,366 THE GAZE INTO THE SKY. 287 00:11:56,366 --> 00:11:57,866 I LOVE THE EARRINGS. 288 00:11:57,866 --> 00:12:00,500 I BELIEVE WE HAVE OUR SUBJECT 289 00:12:00,500 --> 00:12:02,066 RIGHT HERE. 290 00:12:02,066 --> 00:12:10,200 I JUST THINK THAT'S BEAUTIFUL. 291 00:12:10,200 --> 00:12:12,700 >> KEENE REALLY IS A COLLEGE 292 00:12:12,700 --> 00:12:14,433 TOWN, AND TO NOT HAVE THEM 293 00:12:14,433 --> 00:12:17,633 REPRESENTED WOULD HAVE I THINK 294 00:12:17,633 --> 00:12:19,366 BEEN A MISSED OPPORTUNITY FOR 295 00:12:19,366 --> 00:12:20,533 BOTH THE COLLEGE AND THE 296 00:12:20,533 --> 00:12:23,300 COMMUNITY AND OUR TIES. 297 00:12:23,300 --> 00:12:24,433 >> ALWAYS UP FOR A NEW CHALLENGE 298 00:12:24,433 --> 00:12:26,966 AND THIS WAS DEFINITELY A 299 00:12:26,966 --> 00:12:27,966 CHALLENGE FOR US. 300 00:12:27,966 --> 00:12:29,733 AS YOU CAN SEE IT'S THE LARGEST 301 00:12:29,733 --> 00:12:32,400 ONE HERE, THE LARGEST ONE I HAVE 302 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:34,466 SEEN DONE. 303 00:12:34,466 --> 00:12:36,833 >> WE TALKED ABOUT MANUFACTURING 304 00:12:36,833 --> 00:12:37,733 IN KEENE. 305 00:12:37,733 --> 00:12:40,600 THERE WOULD BE NO KEENE WITHOUT 306 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:42,666 INDUSTRY AND MANUFACTURING. 307 00:12:42,666 --> 00:12:45,800 BUT THAT COMES FROM THE RAILROAD 308 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:46,500 AND THE RIVER. 309 00:12:46,500 --> 00:12:49,266 THERE'S A REASON THAT KEENE 310 00:12:49,266 --> 00:12:52,600 DEVELOPED AS KIND OF THE HUB OF 311 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:54,966 THE COMMUNITY. 312 00:12:54,966 --> 00:12:57,966 >> THE MURAL IS ABOUT 55 FEET AT 313 00:12:57,966 --> 00:12:59,266 THE TOP. 314 00:12:59,266 --> 00:13:03,833 THE REASON WE CHOSE TO DO THAT 315 00:13:03,833 --> 00:13:04,400 WAS PARTLY FOR THE DRAMA OF 316 00:13:04,400 --> 00:13:06,433 HAVING ONE WAY UP HIGH, PARTLY 317 00:13:06,433 --> 00:13:08,300 BECAUSE OLD FASHIONED 318 00:13:08,300 --> 00:13:09,700 ADVERTISEMENTS PAINTED ON THE 319 00:13:09,700 --> 00:13:11,033 BUILDINGS LIKE THAT WERE OFTEN 320 00:13:11,033 --> 00:13:13,200 MEANT TO BE SEEN FROM A LONG 321 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:16,433 WAYS AWAY ANWR PAINTED LARGE 322 00:13:16,433 --> 00:13:17,000 FORMAT HIGH UP ON A BUILDING 323 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:18,733 LIKE THAT. 324 00:13:18,733 --> 00:13:23,533 >> THE ISSUE OF HOW BIG AND THE 325 00:13:23,533 --> 00:13:24,733 PLACEMENT ON THE BUILDINGS WAS 326 00:13:24,733 --> 00:13:25,733 LEFT ENTIRELY UP TO ME. 327 00:13:25,733 --> 00:13:27,500 I HAD BEEN LOOKING AT THESE 328 00:13:27,500 --> 00:13:29,233 BUILDINGS FOR A LONG TIME WITH 329 00:13:29,233 --> 00:13:30,900 THE IDEA OF PUTTING THESE ON 330 00:13:30,900 --> 00:13:31,100 HERE. 331 00:13:31,100 --> 00:13:33,600 THE PARTICULAR BUILDINGS WE 332 00:13:33,600 --> 00:13:34,666 CHOSE WERE PARTIALLY BECAUSE OF 333 00:13:34,666 --> 00:13:35,700 GOOD BRICKS AND PARTIALLY 334 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:37,500 BECAUSE WE WANTED THEM TO FIT 335 00:13:37,500 --> 00:13:39,300 INTO THIS WALKING TOUR IN A NICE 336 00:13:39,300 --> 00:13:41,800 WAY SO WE HAD THEM SPRINKLED 337 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:43,433 THROUGH THE DOWNTOWN. 338 00:13:43,433 --> 00:13:44,266 ONCE WE PICKED THE WALLS I WAS 339 00:13:44,266 --> 00:13:46,933 THE ONE THAT MOCKED UP A BOX OR 340 00:13:46,933 --> 00:13:48,400 FORMAT OF WHERE THE ARTISTS 341 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,333 WOULD WORK AND FOR ME IT WAS 342 00:13:50,333 --> 00:13:52,033 JUST PLEASING TO THE EYE WHERE I 343 00:13:52,033 --> 00:13:54,833 THOUGHT IT FELT LIKE IT WAS 344 00:13:54,833 --> 00:13:57,233 SIZED AND PLACED PROPERLY. 345 00:13:57,233 --> 00:14:00,400 THIS WAS ALL MOCKED UP ON A 346 00:14:00,400 --> 00:14:00,966 COMPUTER SCREEN THEN FINALLY 347 00:14:00,966 --> 00:14:02,333 COMES THE DAY TO PRIME THE 348 00:14:02,333 --> 00:14:03,800 WALLS, AND I'VE GOT THE TAPE 349 00:14:03,800 --> 00:14:04,866 MUIR AND THE PHOTO. 350 00:14:04,866 --> 00:14:08,100 I'M IN THE BUCKET TRUCK UP THERE 351 00:14:08,100 --> 00:14:09,233 MARKING OUT THE CORNERS AND I'M 352 00:14:09,233 --> 00:14:11,366 GOING BACK, LOOKING AT IT 353 00:14:11,366 --> 00:14:13,866 THINKING, WOW, I HOPE I DIDN'T 354 00:14:13,866 --> 00:14:23,766 GO TOO BIG ON THIS ONE! 355 00:14:23,766 --> 00:14:25,000 >> WE TRY TO GET AS MANY PEOPLE 356 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:25,966 TO PAINT AS POSSIBLE. 357 00:14:25,966 --> 00:14:29,766 WE FEEL LIKE I MAY NOT EVER BE 358 00:14:29,766 --> 00:14:32,733 HERE AGAIN BUT IF LOCAL PEOPLE 359 00:14:32,733 --> 00:14:34,766 GET SOME PAINT ON THE WALL IT 360 00:14:34,766 --> 00:14:35,833 BECOMES THEIR WALL AND EVERY 361 00:14:35,833 --> 00:14:39,100 TIME A LITTLE KID RIDES BY HERE 362 00:14:39,100 --> 00:14:43,800 HE'S GOING TO SAY, I PAINTED 363 00:14:43,800 --> 00:14:44,533 THAT! 364 00:14:44,533 --> 00:14:45,866 WE LIKE TO INCLUDE THE TOWN AS 365 00:14:45,866 --> 00:14:46,966 MUCH AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE IT'S 366 00:14:46,966 --> 00:14:50,433 REALLY ABOUT THEM. 367 00:14:50,433 --> 00:14:54,966 >> IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL THING TO 368 00:14:54,966 --> 00:14:57,733 SEE HOW MUCH APPRECIATION THE 369 00:14:57,733 --> 00:14:59,533 COMMUNITY HAD FOR WHAT THESE 370 00:14:59,533 --> 00:15:00,200 ARTISTS WERE DOING FOR US. 371 00:15:00,200 --> 00:15:03,066 THIS GIFT THEY WERE GIVING US. 372 00:15:03,066 --> 00:15:04,966 >> IT'S A BLESSING IT OUR TOWN. 373 00:15:04,966 --> 00:15:08,900 >> IT WAS ALL VOLUNTEER. 374 00:15:08,900 --> 00:15:11,966 250 WALLDOGS, MURALISTS, 375 00:15:11,966 --> 00:15:14,166 VOLUNTEERED TO COME HERE AND 376 00:15:14,166 --> 00:15:14,466 PAINT THESE. 377 00:15:14,466 --> 00:15:16,133 IT'S HARD WORK. 378 00:15:16,133 --> 00:15:19,766 IT'S DAY AND NIGHT FOR DAYS. 379 00:15:19,766 --> 00:15:20,400 AND THEY PAID TO DO IT. 380 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:22,566 THEY PAID THEIR WAY HERE TO DO 381 00:15:22,566 --> 00:15:22,733 IT. 382 00:15:22,733 --> 00:15:25,900 >> I COME BY HERE PROBABLY FIVE, 383 00:15:25,900 --> 00:15:28,400 SIX TIMES DURING MY SHIFT. 384 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:30,566 THIS IS THE NICEST SHIFT I HAVE 385 00:15:30,566 --> 00:15:32,366 HAD SO FAR. 386 00:15:32,366 --> 00:15:35,500 THERE'S A LADY THAT WORKS IN THE 387 00:15:35,500 --> 00:15:36,833 LOWER OFFICE SHE'S BEEN LOOKING 388 00:15:36,833 --> 00:15:38,966 AT THIS WALL FOR OVER 20 YEARS, 389 00:15:38,966 --> 00:15:42,833 NOW SHE GETS TO LOOK AT THE ART 390 00:15:42,833 --> 00:15:43,166 PIECE. 391 00:15:43,166 --> 00:15:46,500 >> I THINK REALLY SOMETHING AND 392 00:15:46,500 --> 00:15:48,833 WE GO HOME WITH SO MUCH MORE. 393 00:15:48,833 --> 00:15:51,366 >> I THINK PEOPLE FEEL A REALLY 394 00:15:51,366 --> 00:15:55,033 DEEP SENSE OF GRATITUDE FOR THIS 395 00:15:55,033 --> 00:15:55,566 AMAZING ARTWORK THAT THESE 396 00:15:55,566 --> 00:15:56,866 ARTISTS ARE LEAVING HERE FOR US. 397 00:15:56,866 --> 00:15:58,566 IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IN THIS DAY 398 00:15:58,566 --> 00:16:00,500 AND AGE THAT 200 PEOPLE WOULD 399 00:16:00,500 --> 00:16:02,966 COME TO TOWN AND THEY ARE THAT 400 00:16:02,966 --> 00:16:04,833 TALENTED AND WORK LIKE DOGS FOR 401 00:16:04,833 --> 00:16:08,666 THREE OR FOUR DAVIS TO LEAVE US 402 00:16:08,666 --> 00:16:08,900 A GIFT. 403 00:16:08,900 --> 00:16:10,766 SO THE GRALTTUDE THAT GOES BOTH 404 00:16:10,766 --> 00:16:14,066 WAYS IS THE PIECE THAT MAKES THE 405 00:16:14,066 --> 00:16:16,133 WALLDOGS FESTIVAL SO SPECIAL. 406 00:16:16,133 --> 00:16:19,933 >> I WAS 34 WHEN I SAT DOWN ON 407 00:16:19,933 --> 00:16:23,633 THE SCAFFOLDING FOR THE VERY 408 00:16:23,633 --> 00:16:24,333 FIRST ONE. 409 00:16:24,333 --> 00:16:27,833 I REALIZE LOOKING BACK HOW 410 00:16:27,833 --> 00:16:29,566 CYNICAL AND -- YOU CAN LOOK AT 411 00:16:29,566 --> 00:16:31,733 THE WORLD AT THAT AGE. 412 00:16:31,733 --> 00:16:35,533 AS WE SAT ON THE SCAFFOLDING 413 00:16:35,533 --> 00:16:37,566 BEING ENTER TAINT BY BARBERSHOP 414 00:16:37,566 --> 00:16:39,333 QUARTETS, PEOPLE READING FOR 415 00:16:39,333 --> 00:16:42,900 ETRY, WE COULDN'T BE CYNICAL. 416 00:16:42,900 --> 00:16:43,533 WE COULDN'T MOCK IT BECAUSE IT 417 00:16:43,533 --> 00:16:44,566 WAS LIKE MAYBERRY. 418 00:16:44,566 --> 00:16:46,833 THERE WAS SOME CURIOUS BOND 419 00:16:46,833 --> 00:16:49,366 BETWEEN COMPLETE STRANGERS AND 420 00:16:49,366 --> 00:16:50,000 THE COMMUNITY. 421 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:52,066 THEY DIDN'T KNOW US, WE DIDN'T 422 00:16:52,066 --> 00:16:53,600 KNOW THEM AND BY THE ENDS OF THE 423 00:16:53,600 --> 00:16:56,966 WEEKEND YOU'RE NO LONGER 424 00:16:56,966 --> 00:16:57,366 STRANGERS. 425 00:16:57,366 --> 00:16:58,033 >> HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN IN FOUR 426 00:16:58,033 --> 00:17:00,933 DAYS I'M NOT REALLY SURE, BUT IT 427 00:17:00,933 --> 00:17:01,433 DID. 428 00:17:01,433 --> 00:17:02,900 >> WE'RE GOING TO MEET A LOT OF 429 00:17:02,900 --> 00:17:04,700 WONDERFUL PEOPLE AND WE FALL IN 430 00:17:04,700 --> 00:17:06,733 LOVE WITH THEM AND THEY FALL IN 431 00:17:06,733 --> 00:17:07,633 LOVE WITH US. 432 00:17:07,633 --> 00:17:09,366 WE GET TO GATHER WITH OUR 433 00:17:09,366 --> 00:17:11,233 FRIENDS ONCE OR TWICE A YEAR 434 00:17:11,233 --> 00:17:13,533 THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IN FOREVER. 435 00:17:13,533 --> 00:17:17,300 IT'S A BIG FAMILY REUNION FOR 436 00:17:17,300 --> 00:17:18,866 US, LEARNING ABOUT KEENE, WHAT A 437 00:17:18,866 --> 00:17:19,633 GREAT TOWN. 438 00:17:19,633 --> 00:17:21,066 IT'S THE KIND OF PLACE I WOULD 439 00:17:21,066 --> 00:17:22,433 LIKE TO LIVE. 440 00:17:22,433 --> 00:17:26,066 >> I THINK WE FELT EARLY ON THAT 441 00:17:26,066 --> 00:17:32,333 KEENE IS A COMMUNITY THAT HAS 442 00:17:32,333 --> 00:17:32,966 EXTRAORDINARY VOLUNTEER CULTURE 443 00:17:32,966 --> 00:17:37,766 IN IT. 444 00:17:37,766 --> 00:17:39,166 PEOPLE COMPLAIN A LOT ABOUT 445 00:17:39,166 --> 00:17:39,800 KEENE BUT THEY REALLY LOVE IT, 446 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:40,500 AND I THINK THOSE TWO THINGS 447 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:41,666 MAYBE GO HAND IN HAND. 448 00:17:41,666 --> 00:17:43,166 >> IT TAKES SO MUCH PLANNING AND 449 00:17:43,166 --> 00:17:44,266 SO MUCH ENERGY AND ALSO TAKES A 450 00:17:44,266 --> 00:17:45,966 LOT OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION 451 00:17:45,966 --> 00:17:48,766 TO MAKE IT HAPPEN AT THIS LEVEL. 452 00:17:48,766 --> 00:17:50,400 I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE 453 00:17:50,400 --> 00:17:51,700 NICEST ONES THAT I HAVE BEEN TO. 454 00:17:51,700 --> 00:17:53,700 JUST THE SUPPORT WE HAVE 455 00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:56,266 RECEIVED FROM KEENE ITSELF, JUST 456 00:17:56,266 --> 00:17:57,966 BEEN PHENOMENAL. 457 00:17:57,966 --> 00:18:01,766 EVERYBODY HAS JUST BEEN SO OPEN. 458 00:18:01,766 --> 00:18:05,133 >> BUT THIS PARTICULAR TOWN IS 459 00:18:05,133 --> 00:18:08,733 THE NICEST TOWN I HAVE EVER BEEN 460 00:18:08,733 --> 00:18:08,900 IN. 461 00:18:08,900 --> 00:18:10,533 IT REALLY IS. 462 00:18:10,533 --> 00:18:16,000 WE DON'T SEE THIS KIND OF 463 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:16,866 CAMARADERIE OUT WHERE I'M FROM. 464 00:18:16,866 --> 00:18:17,133 [LAUGHTER] 465 00:18:17,133 --> 00:18:18,366 >> WE HAD SOME SUPER PEOPLE 466 00:18:18,366 --> 00:18:21,200 BEHIND US HELPING US GET TO THIS 467 00:18:21,200 --> 00:18:22,900 POINT AND PRODUCE IT. 468 00:18:22,900 --> 00:18:23,966 LUCKY US. 469 00:18:23,966 --> 00:18:27,233 LUCKY US FOR LIVING IN KEENE, 470 00:18:27,233 --> 00:18:27,433 RIGHT? 471 00:18:27,433 --> 00:18:29,466 >> FROM ONE OF THE PIECES I 472 00:18:29,466 --> 00:18:31,933 DIDN'T REALLY SEE COMING THAT 473 00:18:31,933 --> 00:18:35,366 WAS REALLY REWARDING WAS WORKING 474 00:18:35,366 --> 00:18:39,133 WITH SUCH A LARGE, ENTHUSIASTIC 475 00:18:39,133 --> 00:18:40,966 GROUP OF LOCAL CITIZENS. 476 00:18:40,966 --> 00:18:42,400 MOST OF WHOM I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW 477 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:46,433 BEFORE THIS. 478 00:18:46,433 --> 00:18:51,766 SEEING I SPENT 35 YEARS IN A 479 00:18:51,766 --> 00:18:54,500 ONE-MAN SHOP TO DO A PROJECT 480 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:57,533 THAT TURNED INTO 150, 200 481 00:18:57,533 --> 00:18:59,933 VOLUNTEERS WAS A RAEL SURPRISED, 482 00:18:59,933 --> 00:19:00,633 REWARDING THING. 483 00:19:00,633 --> 00:19:02,566 TO SEE THE AMOUNT OF ENTHUSIASM 484 00:19:02,566 --> 00:19:04,366 COME OUT FROM THE CITY I LIVE IN 485 00:19:04,366 --> 00:19:07,833 MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT LIVING 486 00:19:07,833 --> 00:19:08,033 HERE. 487 00:19:08,033 --> 00:19:10,166 HOW WELL THE CITY CAME OUT WAS 488 00:19:10,166 --> 00:19:18,300 REALLY SOMETHING. 489 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:19,933 >> MU DAUGHTER IS UP ON THE 490 00:19:19,933 --> 00:19:24,466 STAGE NOW DOING SOME DETAILING 491 00:19:24,466 --> 00:19:24,800 AND PAINTING. 492 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,633 MY SON-IN-LAW IS ALSO PAINTING. 493 00:19:26,633 --> 00:19:31,300 IT'S IN THE BLOOD OF ALL OF US. 494 00:19:31,300 --> 00:19:31,733 WE LOVE DOING IT. 495 00:19:31,733 --> 00:19:32,133 >> MY SON JAKE. 496 00:19:32,133 --> 00:19:33,700 >> HERE'S MY DAUGHTER. 497 00:19:33,700 --> 00:19:34,633 IT'S HER FIRST MEET. 498 00:19:34,633 --> 00:19:37,133 WE PAINTED THAT TOGETHER. 499 00:19:37,133 --> 00:19:40,833 IT FELT RIGHT, YOU KNOW. 500 00:19:40,833 --> 00:19:43,566 >> I'M NOT A PAINTER BY TRADE. 501 00:19:43,566 --> 00:19:45,700 I'M ACTUALLY A POSTAL WORKER. 502 00:19:45,700 --> 00:19:47,300 MY DAUGHTER IS THE ARTIST. 503 00:19:47,300 --> 00:19:48,700 SHE'S THE ONE THAT GOT US 504 00:19:48,700 --> 00:19:51,400 STARTED IN THIS. 505 00:19:51,400 --> 00:19:53,433 SHE'S 14 YEARS OLD AND SHE SAID, 506 00:19:53,433 --> 00:19:56,466 MOM, I WANT TO GO PAINT WITH THE 507 00:19:56,466 --> 00:19:56,733 WALLDOGS. 508 00:19:56,733 --> 00:20:01,666 I SAID, WHAT? 509 00:20:01,666 --> 00:20:03,200 WHO? 510 00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:03,366 NO. 511 00:20:03,366 --> 00:20:03,966 I DON'T KNOW THESE PEOPLE AND 512 00:20:03,966 --> 00:20:04,700 WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO IT. 513 00:20:04,700 --> 00:20:06,300 THEY JUST OPENED UP THEIR HEARTS 514 00:20:06,300 --> 00:20:08,633 AND THEIR PAINT CANS FOR US AND 515 00:20:08,633 --> 00:20:10,400 LET US HOP ON THE WALL. 516 00:20:10,400 --> 00:20:14,666 SHE IS NOW 25, THIS IS GOING ON 517 00:20:14,666 --> 00:20:16,133 11 YEARS. 518 00:20:16,133 --> 00:20:18,000 >> IT'S A GOOD NETWORK OF 519 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:18,233 ARTISTS. 520 00:20:18,233 --> 00:20:19,933 I DON'T KNOW ANY BETTER ARTISTS 521 00:20:19,933 --> 00:20:23,033 IN THE WORLD. 522 00:20:23,033 --> 00:20:23,566 BUT TURNS INTO A FAMILY 523 00:20:23,566 --> 00:20:25,200 ATMOSPHERE AFTER A WHILE AND YOU 524 00:20:25,200 --> 00:20:26,166 GET TO KNOW PEOPLE. 525 00:20:26,166 --> 00:20:28,566 JUST AN EXCUSE TO SEE DIFFERENT 526 00:20:28,566 --> 00:20:30,400 PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. 527 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:31,733 >> WE'RE TEACHING FOLKS THAT 528 00:20:31,733 --> 00:20:34,800 WANT TO COME AND LEARN. 529 00:20:34,800 --> 00:20:38,800 THROUGH PUBLIC ART, CELEBRATING 530 00:20:38,800 --> 00:20:40,000 THE HISTORY OF THE TOWN. 531 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:41,500 >> THE VOLUNTEERING PART IS 532 00:20:41,500 --> 00:20:42,300 GREAT. 533 00:20:42,300 --> 00:20:43,633 YOU HAVE TO GIVE BACK AT SOME 534 00:20:43,633 --> 00:20:43,833 POINT. 535 00:20:43,833 --> 00:20:45,166 THE GUYS THAT TOOK ME UNDER 536 00:20:45,166 --> 00:20:47,966 THEIR WINGS, HOW DO YOU PAY THAT 537 00:20:47,966 --> 00:20:49,766 BACK? 538 00:20:49,766 --> 00:20:51,833 YOU JUST PACK IT ON. 539 00:20:51,833 --> 00:20:54,700 NOEL WEBER IS ONE OF MY HEROES. 540 00:20:54,700 --> 00:21:02,166 WHEN HE LOOKED AT IT WENT WENT, 541 00:21:02,166 --> 00:21:03,866 YES, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 542 00:21:03,866 --> 00:21:11,700 I PAINT FOR MYSELF, FOR MY 543 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:12,566 HEROES. 544 00:21:12,566 --> 00:21:15,166 >> THE HISTORY OF KEENE IS 545 00:21:15,166 --> 00:21:17,700 DISPLAYED ON THE WALLS HERE. 546 00:21:17,700 --> 00:21:18,900 WALLDOGS, THAT'S WHAT WE DO. 547 00:21:18,900 --> 00:21:20,933 WE GO INTO SMALLER TOWNS AND WE% 548 00:21:20,933 --> 00:21:23,333 WORK IN THE HISTORICAL DISTRICTS 549 00:21:23,333 --> 00:21:25,866 AND WE BRING THE PEOPLE BACK 550 00:21:25,866 --> 00:21:27,400 DOWNTOWN. 551 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:29,633 >> ALAN FROM THE HISTORICAL 552 00:21:29,633 --> 00:21:31,466 SOCIETY DID TWO TOURS ON FRIDAY 553 00:21:31,466 --> 00:21:33,166 AND SATURDAY. 554 00:21:33,166 --> 00:21:37,500 AND ON SATURDAY'S TOUR HE HAD 555 00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:39,166 100 PEOPLE FOLLOWING HIM AROUND 556 00:21:39,166 --> 00:21:40,233 LIKE DUCKLINGS. 557 00:21:40,233 --> 00:21:43,633 IT WAS A TWO-HOUR TOUR, AND THEY 558 00:21:43,633 --> 00:21:44,466 LOVED IT. 559 00:21:44,466 --> 00:21:45,900 PEOPLE ARE KNOCKING DOWN HIS 560 00:21:45,900 --> 00:21:48,566 DOOR TO DO MORE TOURS. 561 00:21:48,566 --> 00:21:50,866 THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS DONE 562 00:21:50,866 --> 00:21:53,166 A WHOLE SECTION OF THE RESEARCH 563 00:21:53,166 --> 00:21:55,566 LIBRARY DEDICATED TO OUR MURAL 564 00:21:55,566 --> 00:21:56,233 SUBJECTS. 565 00:21:56,233 --> 00:21:57,800 TEACHERS WANT TO INCORPORATE THE 566 00:21:57,800 --> 00:21:59,700 MURALS AND THE SUBJECTS INTO 567 00:21:59,700 --> 00:22:01,666 THEIR CURRICULUM. 568 00:22:01,666 --> 00:22:03,100 WE'RE JUST TALKING ABOUT DOING 569 00:22:03,100 --> 00:22:05,266 SOME EDUCATION BASED GRANTS. 570 00:22:05,266 --> 00:22:10,166 IT DOESN'T END WITH THE CREATION 571 00:22:10,166 --> 00:22:12,533 OF THESE BEAUTIFUL PIECES OF 572 00:22:12,533 --> 00:22:12,766 ARTWORK. 573 00:22:12,766 --> 00:22:16,400 THERE'S SO MANY APPLICATIONS. 574 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:18,966 >> I THINK THE HISTORY PART IS 575 00:22:18,966 --> 00:22:20,866 MY FAVORITE THING ABOUT THIS 576 00:22:20,866 --> 00:22:21,033 ONE. 577 00:22:21,033 --> 00:22:21,600 I LOVE THAT THE PEOPLE FROM 578 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:22,966 KEENE ARE IN ALL THESE MURALS. 579 00:22:22,966 --> 00:22:26,500 YOU NEED TO SHINE A LIGHT ON THE 580 00:22:26,500 --> 00:22:30,433 PAST JUST TO KNOW WHERE YOU CAME 581 00:22:30,433 --> 00:22:31,133 FROM. 582 00:22:31,133 --> 00:22:33,366 THESE MURALS HELP DO THAT. 583 00:22:33,366 --> 00:22:35,233 >> I THINK THAT THIS IS GOING TO 584 00:22:35,233 --> 00:22:41,466 SET THIS TOWN UP, YOU WERE 585 00:22:41,466 --> 00:22:42,400 REALLY ATTRACTIVE, YOU DIDN'T 586 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:44,533 REALLY NEED IT BUT YOU'VE GOT 587 00:22:44,533 --> 00:22:44,700 IT. 588 00:22:44,700 --> 00:22:46,633 I SAW THAT THEIR CATCH PHRASE 589 00:22:46,633 --> 00:22:49,100 WAS TO MAKE KEENE A DESTINATION. 590 00:22:49,100 --> 00:22:51,033 IT ALREADY HAS A LOT GOING FOR 591 00:22:51,033 --> 00:22:53,466 IT, BUT IF THEY CAN UTILIZE THIS 592 00:22:53,466 --> 00:22:55,933 AS ONE MORE THING, THEN MAYBE 593 00:22:55,933 --> 00:22:57,300 OUR PURPOSE CAN SPREAD OUT TO 594 00:22:57,300 --> 00:22:58,600 THE EAST COAST AND WE CAN HAVE 595 00:22:58,600 --> 00:23:01,900 MORE MEETS AND MORE PUBLIC ART 596 00:23:01,900 --> 00:23:02,633 AND MORE SMALL COMMUNITIES. 597 00:23:02,633 --> 00:23:05,133 >> IT'S ADDICTING. 598 00:23:05,133 --> 00:23:05,566 WE LOVE DOING THIS. 599 00:23:05,566 --> 00:23:07,166 I CAN'T WAIT FOR THE NEXT ONE. 600 00:23:07,166 --> 00:23:08,433 IT'S LIKE JUST COME ON, LET'S 601 00:23:08,433 --> 00:23:08,733 GO. 602 00:23:08,733 --> 00:23:09,533 YOU KNOW? 603 00:23:09,533 --> 00:23:12,666 I'M SURE THERE WILL BE SOME 604 00:23:12,666 --> 00:23:14,166 ARTISTS THAT WORKED ON THE WALLS 605 00:23:14,166 --> 00:23:15,666 FROM KEENE WE'LL SEE THEM IN 606 00:23:15,666 --> 00:23:17,100 ILLINOIS NEXT YEAR. 607 00:23:17,100 --> 00:23:19,800 JUST SNOWBALLS, YOU KNOW. 608 00:23:19,800 --> 00:23:20,633 EVERYBODY LOVES DOING THIS. 609 00:23:20,633 --> 00:23:23,600 IT'S JUST SUCH FUN. 610 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,000 >> I PLAN TO GO TO NEXT YEAR'S 611 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:26,266 FESTIVAL. 612 00:23:26,266 --> 00:23:29,166 I HAVE ALREADY BEEN INVITED TO 613 00:23:29,166 --> 00:23:30,000 WORK ON A WALL, SO I'M QUITE 614 00:23:30,000 --> 00:23:30,366 EXCITED. 615 00:23:30,366 --> 00:23:33,366 >> I THINK OUR ENTIRE EXECUTIVE 616 00:23:33,366 --> 00:23:35,600 COMMITTEE IS INTENDING TO GO TO 617 00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:38,600 NEXT YEAR'S FESTIVAL. 618 00:23:38,600 --> 00:23:39,933 >> THERE'S DEFINITELY LOVE FOR 619 00:23:39,933 --> 00:23:42,333 ART WHETHER IT'S PUBLIC ART, 620 00:23:42,333 --> 00:23:44,200 STANLEY CUP TINK, PAINTING, THIS 621 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,166 IS THE BEST WAY I KNOW HOW TO DO 622 00:23:47,166 --> 00:23:48,833 IT AND EVERYONE CAN SEE IT FOR A 623 00:23:48,833 --> 00:23:49,166 LONG TIME. 624 00:23:49,166 --> 00:23:50,700 >> IT'S IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE 625 00:23:50,700 --> 00:23:54,166 SEE ART ISN'T JUST IN GALLERIES, 626 00:23:54,166 --> 00:23:55,700 IT'S OUT HERE IN THE PUBLIC, IT 627 00:23:55,700 --> 00:23:57,666 WILL BE HERE FOR MANY, MANY 628 00:23:57,666 --> 00:23:58,566 YEARS TO COME. 629 00:23:58,566 --> 00:23:59,600 >> IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S NOT 630 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:03,300 CONTAINED IN A GALLERY, HUNG ON 631 00:24:03,300 --> 00:24:03,766 THE WALL. 632 00:24:03,766 --> 00:24:07,333 ACTUALLY WORKING EVERY DAY. 633 00:24:07,333 --> 00:24:07,733 PEOPLE CAN SEE IT. 634 00:24:07,733 --> 00:24:09,633 THEN HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH 635 00:24:09,633 --> 00:24:09,833 THAT. 636 00:24:09,833 --> 00:24:15,233 SOME CONNECTION, EMOTIONAL 637 00:24:15,233 --> 00:24:15,533 CONNECTION. 638 00:24:15,533 --> 00:24:18,633 >> SO FOR ME, I LOOK AT THE 639 00:24:18,633 --> 00:24:20,833 MURALS IN A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT 640 00:24:20,833 --> 00:24:21,300 WAYS. 641 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:25,133 THE PRIMARY ONE FOR ME IS -- ONE 642 00:24:25,133 --> 00:24:27,433 OF THE THE MOST REWARDING PIECES 643 00:24:27,433 --> 00:24:28,900 WAS THE GET TO KNOW AND WORK 644 00:24:28,900 --> 00:24:32,666 WITH PEOPLE WHOSE WORK I HAD 645 00:24:32,666 --> 00:24:33,333 ADMIRED FOR DECADES, NOT ONLY TO 646 00:24:33,333 --> 00:24:35,966 WORK WITH THEM AND GET TO KNOW 647 00:24:35,966 --> 00:24:36,866 THEM BUT NOW TO HAVE THEIR 648 00:24:36,866 --> 00:24:39,133 ARTWORK GRACE MY CITY SO WHEN 649 00:24:39,133 --> 00:24:40,866 I'M DRIVING BY THE SENTINEL 650 00:24:40,866 --> 00:24:44,866 BUREAU I KNOW THAT'S AN ORIGINAL 651 00:24:44,866 --> 00:24:45,233 DESIGN. 652 00:24:45,233 --> 00:24:47,900 NOEL WEBER IS ONE OF THE FINEST 653 00:24:47,900 --> 00:24:49,466 ARTISTS IN THE LETTERING ARTS IN 654 00:24:49,466 --> 00:24:51,533 THE WORLD AND TO HAVE HIM COME 655 00:24:51,533 --> 00:24:54,400 TO KEENE AND PAT ME ON THE BACK 656 00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:55,033 FOR A JOB WELL DONE, THANK ME 657 00:24:55,033 --> 00:24:56,933 FOR INVITING HIM AND TO LEAVE 658 00:24:56,933 --> 00:25:00,266 THAT AMAZING MURAL ON THE WALL 659 00:25:00,266 --> 00:25:02,766 IS FROM A SIGN DESIGNER'S POINT 660 00:25:02,766 --> 00:25:08,566 OF VIEW IT'S OVER THE THE TOP. 661 00:25:08,566 --> 00:25:11,133 >> PETER AND I CAME UP WITH A 662 00:25:11,133 --> 00:25:13,266 VISION OF WHAT WE WANTED TO 663 00:25:13,266 --> 00:25:16,100 CREATE AND HOW IT WOULD GO, AND 664 00:25:16,100 --> 00:25:17,666 WE SET OUR SIGHTS REALLY HIGH. 665 00:25:17,666 --> 00:25:19,500 WE WANT TO HAVE THE BEST 666 00:25:19,500 --> 00:25:20,700 FESTIVAL THAT THE WALLDOGS HAVE 667 00:25:20,700 --> 00:25:24,600 EVER HAD IN 25 YEARS. 668 00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:26,866 WE WORKED FOR 20 MONTHS AND 669 00:25:26,866 --> 00:25:30,333 HONESTLY, I THINK IT WAS 670 00:25:30,333 --> 00:25:30,833 PERFECT. 671 00:25:30,833 --> 00:25:37,500 I THINK IT'S PERFECT. 672 00:25:37,500 --> 00:25:39,100 >> IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE 673 00:25:39,100 --> 00:25:41,200 EXAGGERATING, SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO 674 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:41,466 BE TRUE. 675 00:25:41,466 --> 00:25:42,666 NOTHING IS GOING TO HIT ALL THAT 676 00:25:42,666 --> 00:25:43,833 GOOD STUFF. 677 00:25:43,833 --> 00:25:44,633 WHAT'S THE DOWNSIDE? 678 00:25:44,633 --> 00:25:46,833 BUT WHEN YOU'RE PART OF IT, YOU 679 00:25:46,833 --> 00:25:48,100 WALK AROUND AND SEE WHAT 680 00:25:48,100 --> 00:25:50,400 HAPPENS, IT'S A RARITY IN THE 681 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:51,266 WORLD THESE DAYS. 682 00:25:51,266 --> 00:25:52,066 THERE'S NOT MUCH TO COMPARE IT 683 00:25:52,066 --> 00:25:54,833 TO AND HOW LUCKY WE ARE THAT WE 684 00:25:54,833 --> 00:25:56,633 GOT IT. 685 00:25:56,633 --> 00:26:34,500 YOU KNOW? 686 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:36,266 >> VERMONT PBS PARTNERING WITH 687 00:26:36,266 --> 00:26:38,200 LOCAL FILM MAKERS BRING YOU 688 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:40,666 STORIES MADE HERE. 689 00:26:40,666 --> 00:26:45,400 FOR MORE VISIT VPTV.ORG.