Turning art into activism

OF THE TRIBUTES FOSTERING CONVERSATION ACROSS COMMUNITIES PARK USE TO COMMUNICATE ART CAN BE WHATEVER YOU WANT IT TO BE. I WANT PEOPLE TO HAVE OUTLET TO BE ABLE TO PAINT AND DO SOMETHING HOW IT'S SAFE AND TO GET THERE AND HAVE A PLACE OF SAFETY AND COMMUNION AND BE ABLE TO TALK TO ANOTHER YESTERDAY. THE MURAL THAT WE DID WAS DEFACED. WE PAINTED OVER WHATEVER WAS DONE OVER IT AND KEPT PUSHING FORWARD AND THAT'S THE POINT OF US DOING THIS. SO PEOPLE SEE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE UP. WE WANTED T

O PUT THEIR NAMES SO PEOPLE KNOW WHO THEY ARE. RANDOM PEOPLE THAT WERE WALKING BY WOULD JUMP IN. PEOPLE WOULD WRITE STATEMENTS AND WORDS ON IT. I LET PEOPLE COME AND TALK AND SAY WHATEVER THEY WANTED TO SAY, WHATEVER THEY FELT, WHATEVER THEY NEEDED TO GET OUT .I FEEL LIKE ART HAS THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WAY WE VIEW CERTAIN SITUATIONS. MY BIGGEST HOPE IS FOR JUST EVERYBODY TO COME TOGETHER. HERE IN INDIANAPOLIS, THE INDY ARTS COUNCIL IS NOW COMMISSIONING SEVERAL AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS TO PAINT

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