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What would you to to help revitalize the dead space around and underneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway? Artist Ellie Balk, with the help of the Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project and a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, decided to paint it. After nearly a year of preparation, Balk began painting under the BQE at Steuben Street in Clinton Hill in mid-September. She got her inspiration for the mural, called Soundwaves, after painting a piano for the Sing for Hope Pop Up Piano installation earlier this year. After weeks of painting with help from members of the community, the mural was finished and dedicated earlier this month.
After the dedication ceremony, The BK Buzz sat down with Ellie Balk and two of the pianists who contributed to the piece. Hear what they had to say.
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What would you to to help revitalize the dead space around and underneath the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway? Artist Ellie Balk, with the help of the Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project and a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts, decided to paint it. After nearly a year of preparation, Balk began painting under the BQE at Steuben Street in Clinton Hill in mid-September. She got her inspiration for the mural, called Soundwaves, after painting a piano for the Sing for Hope Pop Up Piano installation earlier this year. After weeks of painting with help from members of the community, the mural was finished and dedicated earlier this month.
After the dedication ceremony, The BK Buzz sat down with Ellie Balk and two of the pianists who contributed to the piece. Hear what they had to say.
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