Ella Lester, center, 12, of Northampton and mural artist Ratchi, right, of Dripped On Productions in Brooklyn, work on adjacent sides of a 6-by-8-foot cuboid at the Northampton Public Arts Festival on Saturday. Ratchi was one of eight guest artists at the weekend event, each of whom took on two sides of four large cuboids stationed in the plaza behind Thornes Market. Ella and several others on her side of the structure were taking part in the noontime mural workshop for kids.
Ella Lester, center, 12, of Northampton and mural artist Ratchi, right, of Dripped On Productions in Brooklyn, work on adjacent sides of a 6-by-8-foot cuboid at the Northampton Public Arts Festival on Saturday. Ratchi was one of eight guest artists at the weekend event, each of whom took on two sides of four large cuboids stationed in the plaza behind Thornes Market. Ella and several others on her side of the structure were taking part in the noontime mural workshop for kids. Credit: STAFF PHOTO / KEVIN GUTTING

The 2019 Northampton Public Arts Festival over the weekend featured live mural painting on five 6- by 8-foot cuboids that dominated the plaza behind Thornes Market. On Saturday, with local DJs spinning vinyl, the eight locally and nationally recognized street artists and muralist began work on four of the cubes and the fifth cube was open to community members to paint in a series of 45-minute mural workshops.