Art

Item Description

We're Different, We're the Same, We're all Beautiful by Chris Murray

Gouache on Paper

Print Size: 11" x 8"

Will be matted and framed, finished size 20" x 16"

"I stole this title from a Sesame Street book my kids were reading, but is so clearly explains this piece of art.  I've lived all over the world, in many different environments, with many different types of people, and I have learned that both inside and out our basic human needs and interestes are common.

Regarldess of race, ethniciy, and environment, we all need food and water; we all need to be useful and productive, and we all need to be loved.  It is the beauty of our shared purpose that I tried to convey in this painting and on the silo at the Bridge School. "  - Chris Murray

Chris Murray lives and works in Middlebury. You know his work as he painted the Bridge School Silo in July of 2018. Chris is a preparator at Middlebury College’s Museum of Art. He is a Pratt Institute graduate with a background in painting, printmaking, and graphic design. Chris is the proud father of a 2019 Bridge School graduate.

Item Special Note

The items available on our online auction will continue to be bid upon at our LIVE EVENT on June 7 from 5:30-8:30pm at the Bridge School in Middlebury, Vermont. 

When the online auction closes on June 5th the highest online bidders become "absentee bidders" and you will have a "Bid Clerk" representing you and your highest bid at the live event. We want to make sure you have a chance to take home an amazing art piece, even if you can't be present at the event. 

Details about the LIVE event: 

On Friday, June 7 from 5:30-8:30pm, Bridge School presents Bridge to Summer, a celebration of the Art of Learning and a summer salutation. Vermont’s own LC Jazz ensemble will play classic big band music at this community-wide outdoor event, which also features an online and live auction of original art and prints from local artists and supporters. The evening of dancing, bidding, dinner and sipping will also honor local artist Chris Murray’s Bridge School Silo Mural: “We’re different, we’re the same, we’re all beautiful!”

LC Jazz is a twenty-member, non-profit organization that believes in giving back to our community. Since 1992, the band has donated thousands to music scholarships at Vergennes, Mount Abraham, and Middlebury Union High Schools. Bridge to Summer will support the band’s mission, as well as kick off Bridge School’s Future 40 Capital Campaign, as the school approaches its 40th anniversary in 2020.

Admission $10 for adults at the door. Kids 12 and under free. Dinner from Sabai Sabai Thai available to purchase at affordable prices, with inexpensive, gluten, vegan, and vegetarian-friendly options. Shacksbury Cider and Red Clover Ale Company will sell adult beverages. Non-alcoholic drinks and dessert sold by Bridge School. Parking is available next door at Woodchuck Hard Cider.

Doors open at 5:30; music begins at 5:45.