 Hello everyone, welcome to the art so wonderful show. I'm Bruce Wilson and then today where we're doing we freshen up our mural Under the Winnowsky bridge and so I'm so excited We got our lead muralist Elizabeth Emmett here. We're gonna talk to her in a little while so far We had fire probably Winnowsky fire department painting You know people are gonna show up because we're here to six five o'clock and so I'm excited about this this mural was created in 2019 By Elizabeth Emmett. She's she did all this credible Design and we had an intro active with the city of Winnowsky and youth and Winnowskians and Everybody came out to put their little stroke on the wall. And so right now Let's go talk to some of the people here Once again, this is Bruce Wilson for the art so wonderful show and see we're gonna talk to you Winnowsky fire department if you was out here Doing this incredible Mural with us that Elizabeth Emmett designed and so they're doing a great job so far look at those colors So what do you think about this mural? I think it's your name. Oh, my name is deer and Chesbro I'm a lieutenant with the Winnowsky fire department So nice to see wonderful women Lieutenant's and you know for any firepower any any rank, you know, and so it's so nice So what we will make we brought you out here today Well, our chief told us that they were painting the mural today repainting that that is and we just wanted to come down and support and Say that we were part of this project because it's a we've come down here sometimes and admire how awesome it looks and We're excited to see what it turns out to be No doubt about it. And we said we happy to have you here because you know, um, Elizabeth she can tell you herself I'm she probably already have that we really this was the interactive project 2019 was 2019 we had a community here city you guys came out and everybody was here to do this mural with us And we're so excited. So so thank you very much. You got anything you want to say? Um, go Winnowsky, I don't know. Go Winnowsky. Winnowsky is my town. Winnowsky is my town Winnowsky is my town. Winnowsky is my town. All right. Okay. So, excuse me, madam was out No, no, oh She's so special to me This Are so wonderful show CCTV so check it out this wonderful first right here. It's pain on our mural. Oh my god She makes me the best food ever at McKee's. Come on. What's your name? My name is Jules So what brings you out here today? Oh, I'm with my lieutenant Trying to get some paint done get some paint done So so so how you so yeah, like the mural so far. I mean Yes, so so this is why She's not gonna be serve me no food for in eight days. I'm done. I'm done with the famous food from her Wow, so what are you gonna be doing? What's your future plans going to fire school? Oh That's my plan nice You're being incredible fire fighter. Thank you for choosing that field. Thank you very good. I think you will say I got a pain Hi everybody, my name is Elizabeth Emmett. I'm the designer and artist that Originally designed the mural with some input from the town in 2019. So right before everything shut down We are all very separate. We were thinking a lot about the 100th anniversary of Winooski and the timeline of Everything that has happened in Winooski and everything that makes us town and city special So the original design was kind of a timeline showing the history and now Three or four years later. We're thinking about updating it. So what you're seeing so far That's very blue is the river itself that follows along the whole mural That is the only piece of the original design that staying everything behind at the background and designs are going to change So stay tuned and come down to the Riverwalk to see how it changes this this iteration around for the mural So thank you for this opportunity and if anyone wants to come paint over the next two days It's meant to be a community experience that anybody can come and help with so Thank you This is the talk about talk about EAE Guess I'm say about EAE. Oh EAE is just the way I sign all of my artwork because it's my initials But I do a lot of different kinds of art not just community murals But I'm a print maker and I also enjoy doing social design Which just means coming alongside communities and addressing social issues that they care about and really thinking about how art and design Can sometimes uplift a conversation or a social issue that a community is facing and can generate new ideas and innovation To make change. So that's what I do and murals are one way But every community is different with what they want to say and what they want to do so I love partnering with different communities or different organizations and thinking about addressing whatever's going on with them and just really uplifting their voices and helping beautify this place that we love and That's it. That's what it's about So check out in this if it's a mural in a couple places coming in Burlington one in Burlington Oh, goodness. There's this one on the river walk and Winooski There's also a set of wings up the street at the city lights building in Winooski So you can kind of stand in front of it and pretend like you have wings I'm also made during the pandemic To kind of uplift and connect us outside In a fun way. There's also two right now in Burlington Actually, there's three one on the back side of the first congregational church that I made with the youth group there One on the side of the king street laundromat and that was done in conjunction as the king street laundromat and community We're really looking at again What social issues are facing that neighborhood and thinking about the laundromat as a social gathering place that conversations can happen around doing your laundry. So Please check out what they're doing down there at king street and also when you look on the side of the building That's my work that was again painted alongside the community and then on the side of advanced music We also were really working on doing some graffiti abatement and not only covering up some graffiti that have been happening along that building but Really working to connect with folks around the town who are engaging in that kind of artwork and inviting them into the process to really think about If you want to make your mark on community and you want to to sort of say something There's a way to do it that you can connect with your community and connect with building owners and communities to say How can I say what I want to say on this wall? In a bit more elevated way. So we're always inviting any youth or our young folks out there who want to get engaged in the arts to Come into the process share your ideas and share your voice in a more constructive way. So Yeah, anything else you want me to share Your website Oh, it's my name elizabeth antonette emet.com and when you see the ea you you'll know you got there So yeah, thanks for listening and happy to connect with any person organization or Project that's out in our community that thinks it wants an artist or a designer on board to be a thought partner and Help realize projects around our state I'm going to get back on the wall and keep painting So we got two days to I know elizabeth is like she's you know, she's on it. She's always been on it in for us since 2019 So sir We just keep don't know bro Your lieutenant say get on this bro. Thank you for coming out and helping us. Why are you coming out here today? What's your name first up? This is our so wonderful cable show through cctv Why did you come out here? Sorry gerrits Uh gerrits shagging. Uh, just fighter punters trying to do more for the like get out and do more Instead of just like people seeing us when we're just for emergencies No doubt about you know what? I know your chief and I you know, I work for the city We're with the city with elaine and christine the mayor and i'm ready everybody for years and Man, you guys do an incredible job. You have some work to do Uh last this this this year. Oh, so many major five like five five alarm three alarms It you guys came right out there and he had your partners out there through uh, um, like uh, st. Michael's and Oh, shit. Well, who came out there to help you out this year? Burlington cold chester Shelburn Is it south hero st. Mike's And melton Oh The air guard fire I think that was all That's a lot bro. That's like a five alarm or three alarm, right? So god, bro So why would so many people come out? So it would have to be what type of like five alarm three alarm What what would have to be for everybody to come out to to help you? Um, just like how Big the building isn't how much involved it was and then being multiple buildings And like just fighting like three fires at once No, man, you guys I'll watch you do some I'll watch you guys work and when I fire and you guys are so coordinated You know I'm saying your chief was my friend guys He got a big board out there and the battalion guys. He's got everything out there. They're going over everything, right? How the whatever it is, you know the measurements and everything they got every you guys got everything right before you and so Thank you sir for fighting fires at Winooski and coming out to our mural today So I want to shake your hand I had to make you say something right there, but you know what your chief is going to be proud of you So we're going to pause for a while. I still wanted for show You know, we're going to go up and talk to our cook up here because we have free food today with McKenzie Oh god, if I was to know about McKenzie McKenzie has been one of our sponsors for over Jesus Christ 20 years They always help us out with everything we try to do all the events we do They appreciate the events that we put on for the community, you know And so they always help us out with like food and stuff and we got the McKenzie's steamer up there They got beef hot dogs and skinless hot dogs. I can't wait to get some of that in my mouth So we're going to pause for a while and then we're going to come back This is Bruce Wilson again from art so wonderful cable show and we're going to talk about our wonderful sponsor McKenzie's They got the best hot dog. Nobody can beat McKenzie hot dogs or any of that means the hams Nobody can beat them in this state to me. I've been work. I've been eating their food for a sir Since I've been here since 1989. I love my name is sponsoring our programs And thank you McKenzie for doing that for us Look look look at my niece right there. She's about to bite down She's about to bite down So come over here Gina So Gina the wonderful Gina like my assistant This she actually Found the power for our sources to steam these hot dogs Thank god for her and then she cooked them We found out how long it takes Five minutes, right? No Like I don't know 20 minutes. That's all right, but they're so good. They're already cooked. So they're you just have to heat them up So thank you so much Gina for for doing that. So Gina We know you're a college student You're right. So what college you go to? EVM University of Vermont Everybody go to university of Vermont. Damn Sometimes I you say true. Sometimes I hear people going to St. Michael's which I love to SMC and Champlain College I hear that all the time too. Yeah I think I'm St. Michael's more like a liberal arts college and Champlain College more like a like a graphic design and social social media You know, if you want to be a police you three want to go or you want to be a You missed my social work. Yes, we want to go to Champlain So UVM is more like the Agricultural and like sort of like the environmental school So if you want to like get into those fields or like anything related to nutrition or like anything related to nature When you go to UVM mainly So Gina, what is your major a dietetics nutrition? It was a big words diet Dietetics Dietetics nutrition It's like a person who does nutrition but like isn't Is more qualified than a nutritionist So like dietitians need to get a masters now and they need to do an internship Then you take a big exam and every five years you have to like You know Re like in state your registration or else you aren't like a Registered dietitian and can't like practice in hospitals stuff like that So, um, why did you choose that field? uh, I chose that field because I definitely experienced a lot of like weight shaming and like a lot of just negative stuff when I was little Um, because I was just a little more chubbier than other kids and like my doctor told me I need to lose weight and all that and I was just like Thinking about it. I was like, how can I lose weight? But then I realized. Oh, it's not about the weight It's about like how you eat and how you live your life and sort of Other behaviors that you do that impact your health. It's not how you look So that's good. So now you're going to help others. You mean, um, the best you can to Wherever the goal is So, so let me tell you a funny story, you know, so tell you something So I'm in this program called hearty eight for 30 some years It's the part it started off in university minnesota didn't went to university chicago and then northwestern university So I've been there for 30 years. It's a one year. I was like, you know Because every year I try to give you a really great, um, treadmill. They put the Lord So so one year like I was like One 90 something right? I'm like, yeah, I'm all I think I was all ripped. I thought I was like all cool and ready You know the report came back and said to me. They said I was obese Yeah, I couldn't believe it. You know, he said, well your size and frame you should be 170 I thought it hurt my it hurt my feelings since today Yeah, I mean obesity is kind of a flawed system and bmi doesn't really tell you anything about your health because it was basically created by Someone who knew nothing about nutrition or health and just I pretty sure it was an astronomer or something like that Um, and now they just use it But you could be a very muscular person and your bmi would be very extreme Um, and it just like more importantly is like your health behaviors that really impacts like your health Rather than just like a number on the scale I'm telling that was years ago when they told me that I thought like, well, okay You're in your little way. You need to lose weight. But come on me obese man. Like day. What exactly do obese mean? Um, well obese just means that like your bmi is over like a certain Percentage, I think it's like 30 like or something like that. It just depends on really your height and your like weight um, but it just it's not really scientifically like Grounded and like it's there's a lot of flawed studies on obesity that don't take into account like weight stigma Stuff like that which are a lot more impactful on your health than your size Um, and so just a lot of people are like affected by weight shaming to the point that that actually is what contributes to them gaining weight or to them having negative health outcomes So so like on Wednesdays you work at feeding I'm sitting here. That's an awesome organization. And I'm glad you do that. You know, I mean we need people like you to continue So what do you actually do you do? Oh, you tell me about, you know, spicing up those potatoes or hot water or something Oh, go ahead. Yeah. So basically I just work on like Wednesday mornings. Um, there's the Uh, I forgot what her name is like Jay. She goes by Jay And she's like sort of the lead coordinator of that. So every morning she has like volunteers come in And start like the breakfast prep. So you like chopped potatoes. You like make pee me and Jay A ton of pee me and Jay You will help with like scrambled eggs and stuff and actually rhino foods also contributes to that So they like donate a certain amount of their, um eggs to feeding shinnen because we're always running out of eggs Um, so it's just like basically prepping For the people to come in and get breakfast and stuff like that and then prepping sandwiches for lunch and all that And there's other jobs, but I don't do the other jobs in there. Well, let me tell you something, you know Because like I love the food show, you know, I go there. I have some coffee. I eat some, you know, breakfast You know, I love the people that work there. They're so intelligent. They're so smart and they treat people really well I used to be a boarder director for a cvoeo for years ago, you know So I know all about what, you know, kind of, you know, paul dragon is now in my friend and Jess and karen all my peeps, you know, so and so they are, you know, so I love seeing them I love working with them. I love coming to the food show. I'll tell you man. He got I had oh god I had some um the other day. I had some um vegetables like steamed vegetables. Oh, man They were so good with sausage and potatoes I love people don't know for it. If you want a good meal, go to Anyone can go like you don't even need you don't need a lot of homeless people go there But you definitely like can be a college student who struggles eating Even if you don't like if you have food you can still go and like meet other people So no doubt about it. And I love it. Yeah, I go there myself We're gonna think to you we're gonna do a mural in there Go ahead and tell me Gina. You know, I'm so excited like Adam said Bruce Gina said if you want to do a mural here, you got we got a talk to you I'm like, look at my girl. She's looking out for us. So thank you. You got anything you want to add? No I like that. You're talking about that fancy hat right quick. Um, this hat came from the farmers market There is this lady who does like takes designer swatches and like makes them into hats and like bags and stuff like that And she's really cool. And so she goes support her buy her things They look expensive, but like they're worth it. So You said a 40 40. Yeah, they're like $40. That's good. That's about right. I thought I was good I thought I was like I went low because they said from the mark, but I think it was like like 55 She could sell them for 55 easily You can get food and stuff as well. I know I love the farmers market on country. Yeah So thank you. I'm gonna talk to to uh, the artists down there see what's going on down there And so if you got anything I'm gonna come back and see you and see what's going on. Okay Oh, thank you. Welcome back. We're starting on green. We were on blue now. We're on green We have all kinds of um community members showing up to help Um, if you want to you're feel free come on the camera and share with your name, but Um People have been hearing about the project through the Winooski bridge project Some folks just come down and walk by and want to get involved So we have a couple volunteers here who are going to help me keep it going for today Sure Come on over here What's your name? So this event is like our famous lead muralist and she does incredible work Her murals and volcanic crews We just love her because she she designed this one right here and now she's changing it up So so what how did you hear about this? Um, I heard about it first through I think you At scout at the coffee shop We met there And then I also heard about it. Um At the Winooski bridge meeting too. So that that was a nice reminder to come Yeah Yeah working all day and yeah the bottom painting was Yeah, I'm so happy that you came out and see if we make look at it nicely. Yes, look at it. Yes I love me So, so, um, so what do you do? I work for the state of vermont And like the economic development department. Yeah, you told me that I remember. Yeah I'm a commissioner for the state of vermont. Do you want to finish there? Yeah So, thank you for working for the state of vermont and serving the people We need people like you to help us keep continuing to get better. Yeah. Well, thanks for organizing this event. Um, it's awesome to be a part of Community initiative even though the bridge is Going to take some time. It's nice to to reimagine Yeah, it's going to be so nice. Um, I think we'll start the bridge. We'll start 2027 Never ever do this It's important to keep it like Looking nice in the meantime and like doing things with our community in the meantime. So I'm just happy to be a part Yeah, I'm glad I was able to talk to me about it. Right? Yeah. Thank you. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. It's just you Um, yeah, let me know when there's more because I I do love It's nice to just like paint too and like You know Get lost in painting for a while Okay, all right, you've got my info. Thank you very much. Yeah, thank you Come on hit the wall guys Put on stroke. Let's do something. Thank you one stroke This is a bit ending. This is our Are you ready this girl? Yeah, come on. What's your name? Run. Huh? Run. Run? Yes. I don't know what's in this. All right, so wonderful. Make sure you're cctd Right, so thank you for coming out. Thank you So Elizabeth Emmett is our elite. She's a muralist. She's a designer. A lot of things. She's a designer. So she'll put you right here. Okay, thank you. I'm actually an art minor at St. Michael's You know what? Oh, did Laura sit in here? No, no, I was just down here because it's fans weekends So I love St. Michael's. I work with the media Yeah All of the guys are my friends, you know, the dream program, the great death of the dream program Yeah So thank you. What's your major? Um, psychology You didn't get to graduate, did you? Yeah What's in the rest of the city? So why did you choose Chicago? Um, I want to be an art therapist for these special needs That's something pointy Yeah Art therapy Wow, isn't that nice? Yeah Yeah, no, you can't be a professional art therapist. You're an art organist You're an art organist You're an art organist You're an art organist You're an art organist So what makes you a professional art therapist? Um, I like psychology and I like art So that's a job that combines all things And I specifically want to work with kids with special needs, like elementary age because I've always been involved. Best Money is the menu by sports, so that's one of the special parts. You can do the program, you can move. I think anybody can. Yeah, yeah. I love you guys. We put on this, my program in Santa Clause, we put on this for many years, and on Allian Hall, Rock Show, we all work with partners, sponsored and purchased from around the field, from real-life air, so I see Michael there. So you're a broad scholar. Yeah. Thank you for doing what you do. Thank you. And Elizabeth will show you what you need to do. I got to see what you need to do. Yeah, you're ready to do it. Thank you so much. Thank you for doing what you do. Hello, everyone. Thank you for tuning in to our so-wonderful show, we're down in Winniski, and we paint a mural that was designed by Elizabeth Emmett. And here she is. Say something for her. We're not partying. We're about to close out the show. Go ahead, say something. It's been a great day so far, getting started on repainting this mural that we started in 2019. The sun's out, the food's out, and we hope that more folks come down throughout the rest of today and tomorrow. We'll be here from 11 to 5 painting this mural and brightening up the river walk here. So thanks so much, and hope to see you come down to paint with us. Thank you so much. Everything Elizabeth Emmett said are the designer of this mural and coordinator and sprouting there. She's the best. So thank you for tuning in to our so-wonderful show. We'll talk to you next time.