Salmon Days mural breaks record for most contributions to a painting by numbers

Creative Children for Charity reported more than 2,800 people pitched in for the organization's "most contributions to a painting by numbers" record attempt. Evidence of the achievement will be submitted to Guinness World Records in the coming weeks.

By Daniel Nash • October 6, 2015 4:40 pm
Creative Children for Charity invited Salmon Days attendees to contribute to their paint-by-numbers mural over the weekend.
Creative Children for Charity invited Salmon Days attendees to contribute to their paint-by-numbers mural over the weekend.

Creative Children for Charity announced Tuesday it had successfully broken the Guinness World Record for “most contributions to a painting by numbers.”

The Eastside youth arts group, also known as 3C, spent the weekend inviting Salmon Days attendees to color in a pre-drawn mural of hundreds of salmon swimming upstream in their festival booth on Front Street. 3C partnered with ArtEAST and the Sammamish YMCA on the project.

By the end of the festival Sunday, 3C had achieved an official tally of 2,852 contributors. “The Great Salmon Migration” actually had more than 3,000 contributors, but some contributors were not counted, 3C founder Chirag Vedullapalli said.

The record is not yet official. 3C must submit an application with proof of the record to Guinness World Records for review in the coming weeks, Vedullapalli said. 3C is currently soliciting donations to use Guinness World Records’ Fast Track service.

The mural will be hung at Staples off of Front Street within the next two weeks.