Recently Karen Finn, Executive Director of Springfield Cultural Partnership, was chosen as Common Wealth Murals Nelson Stevens Award winner at Paint the Town.

FOCUS SPRINGFIELD INC shared this wonderful recognition video capturing her impact on the community so beautifully. 

Please enjoy. https://lnkd.in/egZwWGnY

The 2025 Nelson Stevens Award honors a champion of public art who has nurtured, mentored and supported emerging muralists and public artists and provided outstanding service to public art in Springfield. The 2025 award will be given to Karen Finn, Executive Director of the Springfield Cultural Partnership.

"Recognizing that the least we can do is to leave our communities more beautiful than we found them, we have decided to do more... some call them murals, others large paintings; but all know them as ‘force fields’ activated in the service of our liberation." – Nelson Stevens

Common Wealth Murals collaborates with communities to create powerful public art that honors histories, celebrates local heroes, and inspires bold visions of the future. We engage thousands of people in the design and painting of our murals, transforming neighborhoods into dynamic outdoor galleries that explore diverse and creative views of the world and strengthen community bonds.