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BACKGROUND<br />
Innova aims to grow the Indianapolis arts & culture scene by<br />
establishing new opportunities for community expression in<br />
less visually expressive areas. Our research began by exploring<br />
were inspired by the amount of public art that lines the streets<br />
of Mass Ave and Fountain Square, and sought to create a<br />
similar energy in Near <strong>We</strong>stside Indianapolis. While the Near<br />
<strong>We</strong>stside lacks the popular venues and sculptures of Mass Ave<br />
and Fountain Square, we found several vacant areas and wall<br />
spaces that could turn into canvases for community art<br />
projects.<br />
brainstorming sessions with Near <strong>We</strong>stside stakeholders<br />
Derrick Burnett, who is a artist and art educator at George<br />
Washington Community High School, and his students. Our<br />
sessions helped to guide our project concept towards relating<br />
to the area’s needs. The amount of crime and destruction<br />
within the school’s neighborhoods transformed the purpose of<br />
our project into creating public art pieces that encourage a<br />
safer, and more hopeful Near <strong>We</strong>stside community.
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