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From YouTube: Artist Interview: Kathleen Lanzoni
Description
As a muralist, when COVID-19 restrictions began, Kathleen took sidewalk chalk to her wooden fence to create a message of hope for the neighborhood. Passers-by commented on how much they appreciated her artwork so Kathleen will produce another large-scale mural for her neighbors to enjoy. Creative Neighborhoods: COVID-19 Work Projects was launched by the Office of Arts + Culture and Create Boulder: https://boulderarts.org/public-art/creative-neighborhoods/covid-19-work-projects/
A
So
my
name
is
kathleen
lanzoni.
I
am
a
fine
artist.
I
paint
a
variety
of
subjects
and
I
say
fine
artists,
because
that
encompasses
a
lot,
so
I
do
gallery
work.
I
also
paint
murals,
which
is
what
I
love
to
do.
I
teach
watercolor
classes
and
I
do
plein
air
events
as
well.
So
it's
a
combination
of
jobs,
but
it's
all
painting.
A
Well,
as
as
for
most
everybody
else,
it
changed
a
lot
of
events
that
I
had
planned
so
pretty
much.
I
had
a
packed
spring
and
early
summer,
pretty
much
everything
got
shut
down,
so
I
teach
in
person
which
is
no
longer
a
possibility.
I
was
going
to
teach
a
a
one
week,
watercolor
workshop
in
france
and
unfortunately
that
got
cancelled
and
then
which
was
too
bad
because
we
had
a
full
class,
so
that
was
too
bad
yeah
so
and
also
some
plein
air
events
got
cancelled.
A
So
those
are
when
you're
selected
to
go
to
a
location
and
paint
for
a
week
and
those
obviously
all
got
cancelled
because
it's
all
in
person
and
then
the
exhibits
as
well.
So
now
I
am
teaching
on
zoom
never
heard
of
zoom
in
february
and
now
pretty
proficient
at
zoom,
so
I've
been
teaching
on
zoom
and
I've
been
doing
some
plein
air
painting.
You
know
solo,
which
is
really
fun
and
a
lot
of
exterior
murals,
which
is
great.
A
So
yes,
so
I
was
so
honored
to
be
awarded
this.
This
covered
19
neighborhood
mural
project
because,
as
I
said,
I
do
paint
exterior
murals
a
lot
and
interior
murals,
so
not
doing
interior
murals
right
now.
So
this
gave
me
the
opportunity
to
be
outside
literally
in
my
neighborhood
when
covid
first
hit
and
I
needed
something
to
for
my
energy
and
and
just
to
do
something
for
the
neighborhood.
I
put
a
chalk
mural
on
my
fence,
which
faces
a
well.
A
You
know
traveled
road,
where
a
lot
of
people
go
for
the
hiking
trail
so
anyway,
so
I
put
a
chalk
mural
on
that
wall
and
it
made
it
make.
It
seem
to
make
people
very
happy.
So
that
was
terrific.
So
then,
when
this
opportunity
came
up,
I
said:
okay,
I'm
just
gonna
extend
this.
So
that's
what
I
did.
I
got
my
neighbor's
permission
and
I
went
from
my
fence
to
their
fence
and
then
continued
it,
so
they
at
the
beginning.
They
said
just
temporary,
which
was
great
and
then
they
said
it.
A
Okay,
let's
make
it
permanent
because
they
saw
permanent,
look
nice.
So
I
made
some
of
it
acrylic
and
some
of
it
chalk
and
they
seemed
very
happy
with
it.
So
that's
what
I
did
so
it's
for
the
whole
neighborhood
and
again
it's
a
it's
a
it's,
a
road
that
a
lot
of
people
use
the
church
there's
a
church.
We
have
a
church
in
our
neighborhood,
it's
right
there
and
then
a
lot
of
people
take
it
to
get
to
an
open
space
trail
and
the
neighborhood
has
been
very
supportive
and
people
go
by.
A
A
It
is
great
to
be
part
of
a
neighborhood.
You
know,
and
it
is
encouraging
that
everybody's
getting
out
and
talking
with
each
other
and
being
kind
to
each
other
and
they
do
like
seeing
the
color.
So
you
know
put
sidewalk
chalk
on
your
side.
I
mean
people,
love
it.
It's
it's
fun,
it's
fun
to
be
out
with
the
neighbors
and
it
gets
you
outside
and
you
can
socialize
at
a
distance.