CRE8IV: transformational ART

CRE8IV (pronounced "Creative") is a community-building, arts-infused event. Over the course of the festival in 2019, eight lead artists worked with teams of artists to create nine large-scale murals in Rockford's central city. Each day the festival also included a free-to-attend Block pARTy at one of the mural locations.

Meet the Artists

Completed Murals

	Artist Yulia Avgustinovich Location 316 W. State Street
	Artist Yulia Avgustinovich Location 320 S. Wyman Street
	Artist Corey Barksdale Location 114 N. 1st Street (visible from 324 E. State Street)
	Artist Lisa & Libbie Frost Location 299 N. Madison Street
	Artist Jenny Mathews Location 416 E. State Street
	Artist Chris Silva Location 422 E. State Street
	Artist Jenny Roesel Ustick & Atalie Gagnet Location 211 E. State Street
	Artist Brett Whitacre Location 203 N. Church Street
	Artist Molly Z Location 508 E. State Street
	Artist Kelsey Montague Location 331 E. State Street
	Artist Justus Roe Location 542 N. Lyford Road
	Artist Justus Roe Location Near 6th Street & Chamberlain Street in downtown Rockford

The festival was produced by RACVB and made possible by a matching grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce, Office of Tourism and in partnership of Painters District Council No. 30, Local 607. In order to fully match the grant and hire all eight artists, RACVB worked to secure match funding through sponsorship of the festival and each mural.

CRE8IV

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