Burlett Painting was pleased to BEE a part of our community’s efforts to raise awareness of the importance of the honey bee. We recently donated our services to paint the back exterior of the Hands On! Children’s Museum in downtown Hendersonville in preparation for world-renowned artist Matt Willey, who will arrive on October 26 to paint a bee mural on the wall!
Matt is the founder of The Good of the Hive, whose mission is to bring awareness to planetary health issues through art and storytelling. As a part of that mission, Matt is committed to painting 50,000 honey bees — the number of bees in a healthy hive — in murals around the world. Matt has created 27 murals with over 5,400 bees in the past five years.
Bee City USA Hendersonville, along with Hands On! and other local organizations and individuals all came together to contribute time, money, and labor to support the Bee Mural Project. Hendersonville’s agricultural business of apples, fruits, and veggies relies on the work of pollinators, making the project even more meaningful. Matt will paint the mural on the side and back corner wall of Hands On!, overlooking the Azalea parking lot. In addition, a pollinator garden will be installed below the mural.
The public is invited to drop by while Matt works on the mural for the next few weeks; he encourages questions and interaction while he paints! Live video updates can also be seen on Bee City USA Hendersonville’s Facebook page.
Burlett Painting was thrilled to be a part of this important project, and we encourage you to come out and see the mural as it’s being painted!