Melissa Prescott walks Friday in front of The Gem Theater in Bethel to keep track of volunteers working on the mural.
Wade Kavanaugh takes a photo Friday of poet Richard Blanco and artist Ryan Adams in front of the mural Adams designed on the The Gem Theater in Bethel. Kavanaugh is the theater owner.
Ryan Adams works Friday from a bucket lift to apply the first layer of paint on the blue into purple side of the mural on the exterior walls of The Gem Theater in Bethel.
Several volunteers have turned out to help with the mural project going on at the Gem Theater. By Tuesday afternoon each of the theater's four walls had at least some paint on it.
The Gem Theater in Bethel is being transformed by a four-sided mural by the artist Ryan Adams.
Volunteers work Friday on the mural covering all four sides of The Gem Theater in Bethel. The project was designed by Ryan Adams.
Kathleen Fraize of South Paris works Friday on the mural at The Gem Theater in Bethel. The artist was driving by the project and decided to volunteer.
Jared Stewart of Bethel volunteers Friday on the Bethel Mural Project at The Gem Theater on Cross Street.
Melissa Prescott brings a ladder to painting volunteers Friday at the mural project on The Gem Theater in Bethel. Prescott is a Telstar Middle School art teacher and her students worked with the artist Ryan Adams to choose the theme.
Kelly Rioux, left, and Bee Daniel of Portland work Friday on the mural at The Gem Theater in Bethel.
Stephanie Herbeck of Bethel paints Friday on the orange into yellow section of The Gem mural project Friday. The local painter is a task force member of Bethel Area Arts and Music. "I do more figurative work and use less color, so this work balances me out," she said.
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