Impart 216: Representation, Repair, Engagement, and Rebranding with Murals in Mount Pleasant, via the Transformative Art Fund

“When I moved to Cleveland in 1979 or ’80, the mural program was just an anti-graffiti program, so it wasn’t nearly the murals that they have now,” says Impart 216 lead artist Robin Robinson. She had frequently visited Cleveland as a child of Philadelphia because she had family here. “It was just people painting over the graffiti, making that community […]

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Impart 216 Visits Philadelphia, Land of 4,000 Murals

The artist team for Impart 216, one of seven projects supported by Cleveland’s Transformative Art Fund (TAF), traveled to Philadelphia during the first weekend in April. The purpose of the journey was to observe Philadelphia’s massive array of public art: over 4,000 murals and other art installations. The team is led by Cleveland muralist Robin Robinson, executive director of Sankofa […]

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