No Artist Left Behind Workshop

Copyright and Contracts for Artists presented by WALA and WPA

October 24, 2009 2-4 pm

@

Arlington Arts Center

3220 Wilson Blvd

Arlington, VA 22201

Spray paint, billboards, art - SignOnSanDiego.com

Spray paint, billboards, art - SignOnSanDiego.com

Graffiti artists use billboards as their canvas in cross-border project
By Sandra Dibble Union-Tribune Staff Writer

TIJUANA — The street is both their studio and gallery. Their public is anyone who passes by — police cruisers with flashing lights, street vendors with bouquets of flowers, groups of uniformed schoolchildren

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MURAL OF NOTABLE BLACK AMERICANS DEDICATED AS AN INSPIRATION TO HOMELESS MEN & WOMEN

The mural, “From Menelik I to Obama”, unfolds a very powerful Ethiopian journey chronicled from East Africa to America; through many triumphs and tragedies, slavery, the cotton fields, the civil rights movement and the historical victory of electing an African American President.  The mural is a visual journey of key civil rights leaders who have made a significant impact in African American history, portraying survival, spiritual strength and brings to life the fight for freedom and equality for all men. This mural correlates the bondage of GRM clients’ homelessness and drug addiction and the breakthrough of having their lives restored and their families reintegrated.


Gospel Rescue Ministries (GRM), in partnership with Howard University Division of Fine Arts hosted a public unveiling of the mural in their lobby on October 3, 2009 at 810 5th Street, NW in Washington, DC. The artist, Mr. Mekbib Gebertsadik is a young, talented and gifted artist and graduate student at Howard University.
 
About Gospel Rescue Ministries:
Gospel Rescue Ministries is a Christ-centered, faith-based, homeless/drug treatment program serving the Washington, DC community for over 103 years. Their vision at GRM is “to break the cycle of homelessness, addiction and poverty in our Nations' Capitol, through a wellness program that reaches the whole individual. GRM treats both men and women physically, mentally and spiritually.”

About Howard University Department of Fine Arts:
The Department of Fine Arts of Howard University is a professionally oriented body of artist/scholars within a historically African-American private university committed to the provision of visual, practical and performing arts education of exceptional quality to students of high artistic and academic potential, with particular emphasis on the provision of opportunities for individuals of African ancestry.