Lost Mural

Members of Ohavi Zedek conduct an interivew with Rabbi Jan Salzman, a community member who has had lived experience in the Archibald Street Synagogue. These interviews are part of an experiential learning center focused on Little Jerusalem, an immigrant community dating from the late 1800s, in Burlington's North End. 

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From the Organizers:

With the the Copper Ark and related objects now safely located under the same roof as the lovingly restored Lost Mural, we have an opportunity to fully immerse visitors in a unique “Little Jerusalem” experience.

Our plan involves building a twenty-foot long addition onto the Samuelson Saiger sanctuary with a high ceiling, that will exhibit the copper ark on a three-quarter height scale of the original sanctuary. Pews, bimah, and related artifacts will complete the experience.

Once completed, this sacred space will be available for contemplation and use as a sanctuary. It will also become an anchor, along with the Lost Mural, for a world class interactive interpretive exhibit on “Little Jerusalem,” open to the public and designed as a shared use space.

The Lost Mural was painted in 1910, walled up to preserve in 1986, moved in 2015, cleaned of dirt, grime, charcoal, and varnish in 2021, and restored in 2022.

For more information: www.lostmural.org | www.copperark.org

From Ohavi Zedek Synagogue:

Since 2021, the City of Burlington has been working to implement a 10-point housing action plan. The plan includes major housing-related initiatives for institutions (such as UVM); for the South End; and for City-wide implementation. City of Burlington Planning Director Meagan Tuttle and other Planning Department staff update us on these housing initiatives, and are available for comments and answer questions about housing-related issues that Burlington is facing.

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Presented by The Lost Mural Project and the Chittenden County Historical Society, this Zoom talk focuses on the creation, rescue and conservation of the Lost Mural.

From the organizers:

"The full restoration of the Lost Mural is projected to be started and completed during the first quarter of 2022!! More than half ($90,000) of the currently estimated restoration cost of $160,000 has already been secured.

The Lost Mural Project completed the Phase 1 cleaning of the Lost Mural on time and within budget! Two conservators worked from April 15th through August 31, 2021 and the results are truly dazzling. Paint sampling, testing, color palette determination and cleaning the Lost Mural of harmful varnishes, charcoal dust and grime have all been achieved.

Visits to view the Lost Mural will be scheduled on later dates; small groups (up to five (5) people at a time) are welcome to also contact me for further information at agoldbergvt@gmail.com

Our zoom presentations about the Lost Mural can also be scheduled with other organizations.

With the completion of the cleaning phase, the 1910 Lost Mural is being regarded as a universal symbol of Vermont's artistic, cultural and immigrant heritage and as one of the three most important paintings in Vermont! The Lost Mural Project secured the support and funds from individual donors and from the heart of the Vermont and New England historic preservation community: History New England, Preservation Trust of Vermont, and its separate Paul A. Bruhn Fund, Vermont Arts Council, Vermont Community Foundation, Vermont Cultural Facilities Grant, Vermont Historical Society, Vermont Humanities Council and the State of Vermont Division of Historic Preservation (as well as the National Trust for Historic Preservation for fundraising purposes)."