A former Fremont resident dropped us a line after taking some great photos, including the one above, of the new 46th Street Mural that was just completed. William Anthony met the mural’s creator and set up a photo shoot last weekend. You can see more of the photos here on unurth.com. Thanks for sharing William!

Here’s the invitation to the community to dedicate and celebrate the new 46th Street Mural that links Fremont and Wallingford.

Come Celebrate Your Mural!

The 46th Street Mural Project would like to welcome the community to a dedication & celebration

Friday, August 27th, 2010, 3pm to 6pm

At 46th Street above the mural on the west side of Aurora

Refreshments, music, dedication and the graduation ceremony for the Urban Artworks youth

A chance to sign up to be involved with stewardship of the mural

We’d like to give hearty thanks to everyone who made the mural possible: our donors and supporters, the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods, and our many volunteers.

Funded in part by a Neighborhood Matching Fund award of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. Fiscal Sponsor & Donor: Fremont Neighborhood Council

SUPPORTERS & DONORS: Fremont Chamber of Commerce, Fremont Abbey, Seattle Bank, Verity Credit Union, Wallingford Chamber of Commerce, Fremont Arts Council, Wallingford Boys & Girls Club, Rodda Paint, Stoneway Hardware, Bob Suh Design, Ballard Window Works, Marketime, Essential Bakery, Tullys Coffee, Lighthouse Roasters, Jeff Breitenstein & Skot O’Mahony, Honey Bucket, Cedar Grove Recycling, Miller Paints, Pharmaca, Caffé Appassionato, Solid Ground, QFC/Wallingford, Fainting Goat Gelato, Olympia Pizza, BF Day Elementary School, Hamilton Middle School, KapKa Cooperative School, Alphabet Soup Children’s Books, Not A Number, Fuerte Fitness, American Music, Trophy Cupcakes, & Many Community Volunteers

If you drive or walk past N. 46th and Aurora, you’ve no doubt noticed the steady progress on the mural that beautifies the link between Fremont and Wallingford. The 46th Street Mural — which Todd Lown designed and has been painted by Urban ArtWorks and community members — is almost complete, and the folks behind it have scheduled a community celebration. Mark your calendar for Friday, Aug. 27, 3-6 p.m. More info will be coming soon.

Seattle Bank (which has a branch at Stone Way and N. 44th St.) donated funds essential to finishing the project, Linda Clifton, secretary of the 46th Street Mural Project Steering Committee, said in a press release. “This mural project has really brought neighbors and the community together,” said Clifton. “We are grateful to Seattle Bank for this crucial donation for completing the project and celebrating it with the community.”

The project is funded in part by a Neighborhood Matching Fund award of the Seattle Department of Neighborhoods. The fiscal sponsor is the Fremont Neighborhood Council.

Would-be Michelangelos: come out Saturday between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to the 46th Street Mural Project and help make the wall under Aurora beautiful in this first “Community Painting Day.”

Sign up on the Google docs spreadsheet.

Painting began in a few weeks ago.

UPDATE: Paint is up on the wall now!

Photo credit: Linda Clifton

The 46th Street mural that will grace the portal to Fremont and Wallingford has been sketched onto the wall that runs under Aurora Avenue, and painting is scheduled to begin today.

Artist Todd Lown needed to alter his design to accommodate trolley bus lines that run along N. 46th St. The design originally filled the whole space on the left side of the picture below.

“We like the way the redesign turned out and actually think that the irregularity of the top edge has made the overall design more dynamic,” Patricia Hopper, Project Manager of the Public Art Program in the Mayor’s office, wrote in the approval letter.

Follow the progress on the mural on the project’s Facebook page.

This comes from our sister site MyWallingford.  The 46th Street Mural painting will begin this Saturday, and you’re invited to help start the prep work!  Todd Lown’s winning design will adorn the portal between Fremont and Wallingford.  Read the full story here.