Roger Williams

Providence, Rhode Island

Tape Art Crew: Emily Bryant, Colin Bliss, Michael Townsend, Pamela Baron, Barbara Byers

Working with the city of Providence we celebrated the 375th anniversary of the city's founder Rodger Williams. We had the downtown skating rink and three weeks to make something that would blow people's minds. The central image of the giant tree is the tree under which Roger Williams' body is buried. Below the rink Roger's skeleton is being consumed by tree roots. Around the sides of the rink are the story of the settlers' arrival in Rhode Island drawn in miniature.

The rip down for the Roger Williams mural provided an opportunity to really bring the historical inspiration for the mural to life for the public. The city was invited to join us for historical reenactments by a Roger Williams impersonator, lectures and of course the removal of the mural itself.