MURAL PROGRESS
The Historic Fire Hall Mural is well underway! We are planning on installation at the end of April and a dedication ceremony in early May! We are near our fundraising goal and still accepting donations.  You can download a pledge/donation form from this blog site (see February 2012 post) or just contact me at sfernaays@rochester.rr.com and we will send you a form.  Check out the progress photos below...

Amy Colburn painting at the easel

 

Top panel with ribbon (in front of the bottom panels)

 

Bottom panels in progress

 

More info can be found at Amy's website: www.amycolburn.com





Artist Selected!

It was not an easy decision, but Amy Colburn has been selected as the artist to create the Fire Department Mural!  We would like to thank Michael Buelle for his wonderful submission and for all of his support. 
An updated version of Amy's submission is below.  We met with Amy and reviewed a few desired changes, including:
1) The departing fire truck will be headed north west with the north east and south east historic Main Street (including the historic fire hall) as the back ground.
2) The soft ball image will be replaced with an image of either the hand drawn of horse drawn fire apparatus (in action).

Visit Amy's blog site (link below) to see more information on the progress, including documentation of the fire truck action photo shoot.

http://amyecolburn.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/firefighter-photo-session/

Color Renditions from Mural Finalists

Below are color renditions of the proposals from the two Historic Fire Hall Mural finalists.  Please send us your comments.  Check out the artists' other work.  Vote on which is your favorite.  Make a pledge/donation to help raise the funds necessary to move the project forward (a pledge form can be found below)  Thanks for your support!

Mural A (above)
Artist: Amy Colburn
Other work by Amy can be found on her website: http://www.amycolburn.com/murals.html

Mural B (below)
Artist: Michael Buell
Other work by Michael can be found on his Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/people/Michael-G-Buell-Artist/100003380716132?sk=wall#!/media/set/?set=a.107782596011097.9374.100003380716132&type=3

To download and print the pledge form, select the "download" button on the "Scribd" tool bar at the bottom (this is the icon with the cloud and down arrow).  You should then be given the option to "save" or "open" the file.  If you select "open", it will open the form up as a printable PDF. If you have troubles downloading or printing, please email us at sfernaays@rochester.rr.com and we will email or mail you a pledge form.
Williamson Historic Fire Company Pledge Form

Fire Dept Endorsements

The Historic Fire Hall mural project has the support of the

Williamson and Pultneyville Fire Departments!

Below is the Pultneyville Fire Department endorsement letter.

Fund Raising Update

Funds for the mural now total $2,688.00!
We are over 1/3 of the way there!

Semi Finalists for Fire Dept Mural

It has been a while since we have updated the blog site, but that doesn't mean we haven't been making progress.  Here are a few things that we've been working on over the last few months:
1) The artists have been narrowed down to two; Amy Colburn and Michael Buell.  We are in the process of procuring larger 20"x30" detailed mural renderings to get a better image of their proposed mural design...so stay tuned, we will post them soon!
2) We are meeting with the Fire Departments to get their ideas incorporated into the mural renderings.
3) We have partnered with the Williamson Chamber of Commerce and the Williamson-Pultneyville Historical Society.
4) We have identified mural expenses:
     - Artist fees and materials
     - Publicity including status updates
     - Advertising
     - Plaque acknowledging donations
     - Attaching mural to the building
     - Dedication ceremony
5) Fundraising efforts.  To date we have received $600 in pledges and $788 in donations for a total of $1,388.  Keep track of the fundraising by checking back and watching the thermometer.

Pictured above is the historic Williamson Fire Hall on Main Street, Williamson. 

The west wall shown here is the site for the proposed

Historic Fire Company Mural.

The purpose of the mural is to add interest to our downtown area and to honor
the Williamson, East Williamson, and Pultneyville Fire Companies.

We are in the process of raising money for this mural project.

If you are interested in pledging your support, please download and print the pledge form at the bottom of this post.  After filling it out, please mail it to the Williamson Chamber of Commerce. 

Below are four proposal sketches from four different artists.  These are relatively quick sketches of their ideas for the mural.  One of these artists would be chosen to do the mural.  The chosen artist would do a more detailed, colored rendition for review and approval prior to painting the final product.  Please feel free to comment on the project and proposals...we would love to hear what you have to say!



Mural Proposal - Amy Colburn

Historic fire truck with current fire fighters en route to the scene.

Small vignettes displaying fire companies community involvement.

Mural Proposal - Michael Buell

With the American flag as a back drop, a collage of images include
the historic fire hall, fire truck and horse drawn fire apparatus
with a current fire fighter in the center. 

Mural Proposal - Corky Goss

Three separate images, one for each of the fire companies

(Williamson, Pultneyville, and East Williamson).

Mural Proposal - Bev Owens

This collage of images would be composed into one image;
a Main Street scene with a horse drawn fire apparatus
responding to a call as pedestrians watch.  Also shown
above is a sketch of the historic fire truck.

An example of each of the artists' installed mural work is posted below. 
Unlike the quick, rough proposal sketches, these allow you to see their finished work.

Amy Colburn

Michael Buell

Corky Goss

Bev Owens