Creative Time, with the assistance of The Downtown Alliance, will distribute over 4,000 handmade watercolors to workers and residents in Lower Manhattan. The paintings, made by Mark Malmgren of Clemson, South Carolina, in honor of those missing since the 9.11 tragedies, are gifts to the Downtown community and will be distributed for free in the spirit of healing after September 11th. .

"These are unusual times," Mr. Malmgren said, "and we are all searching for a way to use our talents and energy to help. This is simply my way of doing that. This is my gift to a city and people that have given me so much."

Mr. Malmgren contacted Creative Time to seek assistance in distributing his paintings to New Yorkers. As a non-profit organization that for nearly 30 years has presented public art that enlivens and celebrates New York City, Creative Time was eager to embrace this profound gesture by distributing Mr. Malmgren’s paintings to the Downtown community. Creative Time hopes that the humanity and kinship in giving these paintings will help to promote healing and remind us all of the importance of simple, creative and selfless gestures during this season of reflection and giving.

Creative Time, in partnership with the Alliance for Downtown, is distributing the paintings on Thursday, December 20 to sites in Lower Manhattan such as police precincts, fire houses, office buildings, public schools, toy drives, City Hall, hospitals, subway stops and other sites.

 
 
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For more information on the Alliance for Downtown please go to www.downtownny.com.