Created on Purpose with Purpose: A Mural for Roosevelt
We are honored to receive this beautiful mural created by internationally renowned muralist and South Phoenix native Antoinette Cauley at Bernard Black Entrepreneurial Academy, named for the late Rev. Dr. Bernard Black, who served as pastor at the South Phoenix Missionary Baptist Church for more than 55 years.
On her website, Cauley says her work is heavily influenced by rap music and Black American hood culture. "As a biracial Black American woman from a marginalized community, my work looks to directly confront and question the normative racial narratives that have been historically presented within art establishments and institutions. By emphasizing the beauty in the many complexities of Black American Hood culture and Black hood feminism, I look to portray the depth and resilience of a demographic whose complete essence is consistently robbed for profit while their own bodies and stories are carelessly cast aside."
The mural was sponsored by Zebra Technologies and is a leave-behind from the Vincent Country Safe Zone Activity Day, sponsored by Cigna.
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