2016 Partner Program Mural
Partner: Alfalfa’s Market
Former Location: Alfalfa’s Market, 1651 Broadway Boulder, CO 80302
Sam drew inspiration from the fauna of Colorado in this brightly colored mural for Alfalfa’s Market, formerly Boulder’s only locally owned natural and organic products retailer. The mural will feature Colorado-based animal totems with an indigenous landscape background. Alfalfa’s worked with And Art Space (now Street Wise Arts) to commission the mural.
“We’ve partnered with And Art Space, a Boulder-based organization with a mission to bring more public art spaces to Boulder,” said Paul McLean, Chief Operating Officer for Alfalfa’s. “Alfalfa’s has always been an active community member, and supporting local art and bringing more art to our community is just one of the ways we do this.”
Soon after Alfalfa’s re-opened its Boulder store in 2011, the company commissioned a local sculptor to design and build Alfie, the large rooster sculpture at its parking lot entrance. It was made out of old metal farming implements and demonstrated Alfalfa’s continued support of the local community. The addition of vibrant mural to the south side of its parking lot is another way Alfalfa’s can support local artists and give back to the community by beautifying its outdoor space.
“We are committed to the advancement of local mural culture,” said Leah Brenner Clack, founder of And Art Space. “We are excited to partner with Alfalfa’s, and to bring life to what was an otherwise empty space. We can all benefit from murals as creative expression in our environment and day-to-day lives.”
Parker’s mural measures 40 ft. by 6.5 ft.
About the Artist
Sam Parker was born in 1975, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he spent his formative years learning to draw and paint. He moved to Atlanta Georgia in 1995 to pursue his career as a professional tattooist, a career that he has maintained to this current day. Sam finished his undergraduate degree in 2004 at Kennesaw State University with a BFA in drawing and painting.