Greetings from Chautauqua County
This mural painted by father/son team, Gary Peters, Sr. and Gary Peters, Jr. is located near Penny's facing Fairmount Avenue at the Chautauqua Mall in Lakewood, New York. It was completed in 2022 and harkens back to the vintage postcards of the day. It depicts the grape industry along Chautauqua County's northern border which touches Lake Erie, Chautauqua Lake, the historic Lenhart Hotel in Bemus Point, the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, the Lenna Clock Tower in Lakewood, the Chautauqua Belle in Mayville, ornithologist (study of birds) Roger Tory Peterson, the historic Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua New York, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.
The Chautauqua Mall worked with the father/son team to add color, texture and vibrancy to this outdoor space for the community as part of The Canvas Project. The mall was selected by Gary Peters, Jr. for this colorful postcard installation. Peters is a local artist who has completed several well-known works of art including Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz paintings in downtown Jamestown. The many Lucy themed murals throughout the Jamestown area have been photographed often though especially when dedicated Lucy fans arrive in Lucy's hometown for the annual Lucy Fest in the month of August.
The Canvas Project .. great ideas happen when we come together. The project works with artists to create unique works of art that visualize collaboration and the great ideas that happen when artists build something together. Many communities around the country have murals as they "give off energy just like a good song".
Lucille Ball's birthplace has 2 museums and 3 gift shops dedicated to the iconic comedian which now includes the National Comedy Center plus the annual festival devoted to Lucy and other famous comedians, but the town's most visible tributes are the series of large murals painted around town. Each mural recalls a moment from an episode of the popular I Love Lucy TV series. The fifth mural and first, in color, was unveiled on October 15, 2012 which was the 61st anniversary of the first broadcast of I Love Lucy. It's the World's Largest I Love Lucy Mural depicting Lucy, Ethel, Desi and Fred singing as they drive across the George Washington Bridge on their way out of New York City.
The foursome's hypothetical route West probably wouldn't have taken them as far North as Jamestown, but it is nice thought.
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