Inspiration Square is new gathering place at Ignacio ELHI
Kasey Correia and Ula Gregory work on painting benches Tuesday in Inspiration Square, a new public space at the Ignacio ELHI. A fall festival and grand opening for the space will be held next Friday.
Ignacio High School art students created this mural on display at the Ignacio ELHI.
Kasey Correia, director of the Dancing Spirit Community Arts Center, displays a welding sculpture created by Ignacio High School students. Ceramic hands created at the center are attached to it.
Sunflowers and other blossoms greet visitors to Inspiration Square at the Ignacio ELHI.
A tiny lending library houses books in Inspiration Square.
Inspiration Square will be a new public space for healing, art and community gatherings in Ignacio.
The square is located at the entrance to Ignacio ELHI, where the former elementary school now houses a community arts center, two schools, a church and other community agencies.
"It's going to be an awesome thing," said Ula Gregory as she painted a bench Tuesday in the square. The open space includes a memorial bench, a huge metal tree, murals, flowers, and a picnic bench.
A fall festival and ribbon cutting for the new facility will be held from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 5. Food will be provided by Pine River Shares youth volunteers.
