I am incredibly proud and happy to have been a part of a such a large scale project that so many people were able to experience over the last couple months, and which from the start aimed to engage it's audience in a socially responsible way- from the weekend crowds to the many students that were brought through during the weekly tours- bringing attention to blight in the city, telling the history of that place and the people that once were apart of it, while also transforming it into an inspirational, visual narrative, the whole time remaining free and open to the public. It's exactly what I look to do with my work and am pushing to keep moving forward in the direction of large scale public art projects.
"ExhibitBE is a community-centered celebration of street art’s transformative energy that highlights the opportunity for collective empowerment through creative expression that urban blight presents. ExhibitBE demonstrates artists’ ability to repurpose unsightly space to engage their communities in necessary conversations on housing, blight, and accountability. Powered by a brilliant group of volunteer artists and organizers, ExhibitBE is the largest single-site street art exhibit in the American South. Witness what happens when community + space + art unite to redefine blight and to create alchemy." exhibitbe.com
