Creative Greensboro has partnered three professional artists with three youth artists to work in mentor-apprentice teams to create art for Greensboro bus shelters.
The teams are part of the Neighborhood Arts: Next Up program, which is designed for youth artists to express themselves positively and constructively through the arts and have real life, experiential training in creative entrepreneurship.
This fall each team will do community engagement and create a digital design for reproduction and installation in bus shelters located in Dudley Heights, Glenwood, and Kings Forest. The mentor-apprentice teams, and the neighborhood bus shelters they will design, are the following:
- James Raleigh, Jr. and Raegan Kelly – Dudley Heights
- Gabrielle Edwards and Lily Oatis – Glenwood
- Emilio Marz and Zion Jones – Kings Forest
The professional mentor artists will provide a supportive learning environment for the youth apprentice artists, co-lead with them in all aspects of the community engagement and design process, and offer them opportunities to practice leadership, teamwork, and design skills. The youth artist will present the final design to a community stakeholders’ group.
To learn more about Neighborhood Arts: Next Up, visit Creative Greensboro or contact Coordinator of Community Partnerships Karen Archia at 336-433-7362.
About Neighborhood Arts
Creative Greensboro’s Neighborhood Arts brings creativity close to home through diverse, community-based arts activities and beautification projects that respond to neighborhood priorities in historically underinvested areas. By prioritizing creativity, Neighborhood Arts aims to empower residents, viewing arts as a catalyst for positive change and equitable city growth.
About Creative Greensboro
Founded in 2019, Creative Greensboro provides support for, ensures access to, and drives awareness of Greensboro’s creative community. Through a range of programs, services and partnerships, Creative Greensboro supports the development of a vibrant city. Learn more at www.creativegreensboro.com.
