Challenges to PhilanthropyMain MenuChallenges to PhilanthropyFSSO 119 Fall 2020Chapter 1: Challenges to Educational Nonprofit OrganizationsChallenges to Educational Nonprofit OrganizationsChapter 2: Challenges to Healthcare PhilanthropyRead about how the COVID-19 Pandemic is affecting some of the world's leading nonprofit healthcare organizationsChapter 3: Challenges to Arts Nonprofit OrganizationsPage 1 Challenges to Arts Nonprofit OrganizationsChapter 4: Challenges to Social Service OrganizationsChallenges to Social Service OrganizationsChapter 5: Challenges to Faith-Based Nonprofit OrganizationsChallenges to Faith-Based Nonprofit OrganizationsChapter 6: Challenges to Social Justice Nonprofit OrganizationsChallenges to Social Justice Nonprofit OrganizationsBarbara Burgess-Van Akendffa201f9e142dde249b32b2c708a4eebdb9f6daFSSO 119: Philanthropy in America
Public Art
12020-11-09T20:14:38+00:00Riley Kuhn7f7a1276bc446f02425ac3d1c4d385b33564c5428916plain2020-11-14T21:24:16+00:00Grant Carr3237688ff11bcdd02083861eddb9742356a58972Public art serves as a way to connect communities and break down inequity barriers. This form of art is most important because it is for everyone to see. Regardless of socioeconomic background, gender, or skin color, public art is their for the sole purpose of providing joy and provoking thought in the viewer. However, public art can also serve as cautionary tales; a reminder to the public of past injustices.
Created in 2013 by Stamy Paul, Graffiti HeArt took the public art scene in Cleveland, Ohio by storm. Graffiti HeArt is a nonprofit, comprised solely of volunteers, that provides opportunities for young graffiti artists to cultivate their skillsets through commissioned projects, educational workshops, and scholarship opportunities. Since it's creation in 2013, Graffiti HeArt has provided over $80,000 in scholarship funds to young artists and has partnered with some of the most famous graffiti artists in the world. Stamy Paul, creator and president of Graffiti HeArt graciously accepted to be interviewed by Grant Carr, a first year undergraduate student at Case Western Reserve University. They discussed why public art is so important to the community, the challenges presented by the Covid-19 pandemic to Graffiti HeArt, and the role of public art in the fight for equality.
Wait, what is graffiti art?
In an interview for "Cleveland.com", Stamy describes graffiti as "...an anonymous, unapproved, sometimes illegal form of expression through a name or a message. But it also means using that same art form in a way that's approved, where artists can express themselves and be paid. This art can either be aerosol or bucket paint.". Through her career in human resources, Stamy was given the opportunity to travel to different parts of the world. It was through these trips that she noticed the underground culture of graffiti art is used to "capture ones identity in a very, kind of, anonymous way".
The Mission Behind Graffiti HeArt
Graffiti HeArt wants to break down the barriers formed by social inequities.
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12020-11-14T20:54:32+00:00Art.Welcome.To.Cleveland1 Greetings From Cleveland (2015) mural by artists Vic Savage and Alan Giberson in partnership with Graffiti HeArt. plain2020-11-14T20:54:32+00:00
