Evangeline Parish native moving the community forward with art

Evangeline Parish native moving the community forward with art

WEATHER AWARE NO MATTER WHEREYOU ARE.AN EVANGELINE PARISH NATIVE ISUSING HIS SKILLS TO HELP VILLEPLATT REBOUND.HE’S BRINGING ART TO THE CITY BYPAINTING MURALS AND OTHERDESIGNS ON BUILDINGS THROUGHOUTTHE AREA AS KENDRIA LAFLEURREPORTS.HE’S HOPING THIS WILL BRING HOPECOVERING UP THE OLD AND BRINGINGIN THE NEW WITH THAT VIBRANT.COLOR WANTS TO BRING MORE LIFEBACK TO MY HOMETOWN AND ALSOGIVE PEOPLE A NEW SENSE OF VALUEFOR THEIR COMMUNITY.IT’S A DIFFERENT LOOK TO ABUILDING THAT HASN’T HAD AMAKEOVER IN YEARS.IT’S BEING DONE BY A NATIVE TOEVANGELINE PARISH.HE NOW LIVES IN TEXAS, BUT MAKESTHE TRIP TO BRING HIS ART TO APLACE.HE CALLS HOME.HE’S CALLING IT THE POWERFORWARD PROJECT.WHERE HE’S BRINGING COLORFULDESIGNS TO SOME AREAS IN THECITY.HERE’S THE SKETCH OF WHAT’S TOCOME.HE’S WORKING WITH THE CITY.THE COST OF THE PROJECT IS MORETHAN $8,000 THAT’S COMING FROMDONATIONS TO HIS NONPROFIT ISPART OF OUR PARK IMPROVEMENTSAND THIS IS PHASE ONE.WE’RE STARTING WITH THE MLK PARKAND THE OTHER PARTS, BUT ALSO BEDONE AT A LATER TIME THINGS WILLBE DONE AT THE NORTHSIDE PARKAND ALSO HOPE PARK AS WELL.SO THERE WILL BE INSPIRATIONAL.BEAUTIFICATION MESSAGES ALL OVERTOWN.WELL, THE ARTWORK IS BRINGINGNEW LIFE TO THE AREA THE ARTISTBEHIND IT IS HOPING THAT THEYOUNGER GENERATION SEES THIS ANDGETS INSPIRED.BUT ULTIMATELY WE WOULD LIKE TODO CAREER DEVELOPMENT CLASSES.WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SUMMER ARTPROGRAMS.SO MORE THAN JUST BEAUTIFYINGTHE CITY AND THERE’S A MESSAGEBEHIND THE PROJECT’S NAME.THE POWER FORWARD IS A POSITIONIN BASKETBALL.IT’S LIKE THE NUMBER FOUR THEYCALL IT SO IT’S ALL VERYPOWERFUL CAN SHOOT CAN DRIBBLECAN PLAY THE POSTS.SO THEY THEY’RE PRETTY MUCH THEULTIMATE.TEAM PLAYER ON THE COURT SO THATPLAYING WITH THE WORDS FORWARDMARTIN LUTHER KING ONE OF HISHIS QUOTES WAS KEEP MOVINGFORWARD.SO I WANTED TO JUST UNTIL ONTHAT FORD FORWARD IN THISFOREIGNERS LIKE WEEKENDS HAVEOUT TRADITIONS, BUT WE WANT TOPRESERVE THEM, BUT ALSO KNOWTHAT WE CAN CHANGE AND THAT WECAN MOVE FORWARD AND EVANGELINEPARISH