The Canvas’s Tiles and Fire event brings in 135 participants

The Canvas is decorating its building downtown with a new community art mural made of handmade clay tiles. The final mural will be 8-feet by 12-feet, and consist of hundreds of 6-inch square tiles. After months of planning, 135 people gathered at Sandy Beach throughout the afternoon on Saturday and began decorating and firing the tiles.

Among hotdogs, music and s’mores, participants worked to give their tile its own personal touch.

The mural is planned to go up in the spring.

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