[Photo by Carye Bye]

A group of community activists are working to create a new Share the Road mural that will be painted on the side of the Hawthorne Auto Clinic at 4307 SE Hawthorne Blvd.

The folks behind the mural recently held a Mural Tour bike ride which ended at the Auto Clinic. Here’s a report from the ride by participant Carye Bye:

“We started at the Vita cafe at 30th and NE Alberta where we learned about the new Share the Road Mural that will be painted in June on the outside wall of Hawthorne Auto Clinic. Sara showed her idea so far for the mural. Joanne of Portland Mural Defense talked about the history of murals in Portland.

We then headed out down Alberta Street, stopping at the Women Mural, Tom Kramer mural, and the site of the upcoming Community Cycling Center mural. Here Robin, who got a RACC (Regional Art & Culture Council) grant to design this mural unveiled the plans - that show an amazing bike parade that includes a pirate ship and other whimsical characters (see photos!).

We also checked out the Albina Press mural and the SCRAP mural painted by Bruce Orr.

Once we made our way to the Hawthorne Auto Clinic we were warmly welcomed by the owner and we had a huge spread of food to eat (snacks.. talk about lunch!). A planning session began for the proposed “Share the Road” mural to go up in June on the side of the building.”

Here’s a photo of Sang contributing to the mock-up sketch of the new mural.