Replace Hate with Community Mural
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JC’s Kitchen, a restaurant on East Main St. in downtown Durham, NC, was defaced with racist graffiti immediately following the 2016 election. Within a day, neighbors quickly rallied to cover up the hateful words. Now it’s time to go a step further, together. Let’s transform that wall into a beautiful work of art. You can donate to fund a beautiful professional mural to be painted on the wall. If you choose to donate or not, we invite you to come and work with the artist along with your other citizens to help transform this space into a community response of love, peace, and togetherness. Bring your friends and your family. Bring love, strength and unity. We’ll have a paintbrush ready. Together, we will stamp out the hate with something beautiful.
The longer version
JC’s Kitchen, a local restaurant in Durham, NC was recently the target of a racist, hate-filled act following the results of the recent Presidential election (view news coverage here) . Part of the restaurant was spray-painted with “Black Lives Don’t Matter and Neither Does Your Votes [sic].” Our community was saddened and outraged. But we have chosen to respond with an act of unity and peace. Join us!
Restaurant owner Phyllis Terry is a kind and loving person. Phyllis believes in her community and she gives back. As the news spread nationwide of the hateful act, Phyllis was amazed and touched by how the community came together to cover up and partially remove the graffiti. Now, let’s take it a step further, together.
Not only does Phyllis support the idea of painting a beautiful mural on the wall, but she desires that the community to do it together. She wants the wall to inspire unity and strength among black, white, hispanic, poor, wealthy, the young, and old. Our community is strongest when we choose to inspire and pick each other up.
The Goal
We are seeking donations to commission a beautiful mural for the wall. The funds will pay for the materials as well as an artist to lead the community effort. The goal is to create a mural that all of us can paint small portions to collectively create something truly special and unique to Durham. It will bring us together and affirm the love in our city.
How will the $12K be spent?
We came to that figure by assessing all of the steps, effort and process involved to complete an art project and event of this size. The figure is our best guess at the complete cost based on estimates for the following things:
• Wall Repairs
• Priming the wall for longevity of the mural
• Artist/Creator Fee - Based on mural estimates received
• Community Event
• Maintenance - A small amount of funds to preserve and maintain mural
• Materials & Supplies
How will any additional funds be used?
It is our intention to first be accountable and prudent with how we spend the funds on the mural project. We want to see the funds go as far as they can while also producing something really beautiful. If there are any remaining funds after the mural and community event are complete, the donations will be used to fund other mural projects where hate can be replaced with something beautiful.
We are better than this and let's prove it
This project is not about politics, it's about what's right and wrong. It's about coming together as a community. This is a time to be inspired to do more. Let’s show our children what unity looks like by putting a paintbrush in their hands. Together, we can take this act of hate and overpower it with love, by affirming our community with unity.
When
We are feasibly working all angles to get the concept approved so the mural installation can start as soon as possible. Once the outline of the mural is complete, you - the community - will be invited to join and help paint in the mural to create something special. This will most likely take place over one weekend at a date we will announce and share publicly.
Thank you
Thank you in advance for donating to this project which has been created out of love and compassion. We will keep you updated with the project's progress and how your donation has been spent.
Remember …..Where there is hate, love will outshine it! Let’s do this!
Signup for email updates here
The longer version
JC’s Kitchen, a local restaurant in Durham, NC was recently the target of a racist, hate-filled act following the results of the recent Presidential election (view news coverage here) . Part of the restaurant was spray-painted with “Black Lives Don’t Matter and Neither Does Your Votes [sic].” Our community was saddened and outraged. But we have chosen to respond with an act of unity and peace. Join us!
Restaurant owner Phyllis Terry is a kind and loving person. Phyllis believes in her community and she gives back. As the news spread nationwide of the hateful act, Phyllis was amazed and touched by how the community came together to cover up and partially remove the graffiti. Now, let’s take it a step further, together.
Not only does Phyllis support the idea of painting a beautiful mural on the wall, but she desires that the community to do it together. She wants the wall to inspire unity and strength among black, white, hispanic, poor, wealthy, the young, and old. Our community is strongest when we choose to inspire and pick each other up.
The Goal
We are seeking donations to commission a beautiful mural for the wall. The funds will pay for the materials as well as an artist to lead the community effort. The goal is to create a mural that all of us can paint small portions to collectively create something truly special and unique to Durham. It will bring us together and affirm the love in our city.
How will the $12K be spent?
We came to that figure by assessing all of the steps, effort and process involved to complete an art project and event of this size. The figure is our best guess at the complete cost based on estimates for the following things:
• Wall Repairs
• Priming the wall for longevity of the mural
• Artist/Creator Fee - Based on mural estimates received
• Community Event
• Maintenance - A small amount of funds to preserve and maintain mural
• Materials & Supplies
How will any additional funds be used?
It is our intention to first be accountable and prudent with how we spend the funds on the mural project. We want to see the funds go as far as they can while also producing something really beautiful. If there are any remaining funds after the mural and community event are complete, the donations will be used to fund other mural projects where hate can be replaced with something beautiful.
We are better than this and let's prove it
This project is not about politics, it's about what's right and wrong. It's about coming together as a community. This is a time to be inspired to do more. Let’s show our children what unity looks like by putting a paintbrush in their hands. Together, we can take this act of hate and overpower it with love, by affirming our community with unity.
When
We are feasibly working all angles to get the concept approved so the mural installation can start as soon as possible. Once the outline of the mural is complete, you - the community - will be invited to join and help paint in the mural to create something special. This will most likely take place over one weekend at a date we will announce and share publicly.
Thank you
Thank you in advance for donating to this project which has been created out of love and compassion. We will keep you updated with the project's progress and how your donation has been spent.
Remember …..Where there is hate, love will outshine it! Let’s do this!
Signup for email updates here
Organizer and beneficiary
Andy Waldrop
Organizer
Durham, NC
Dana Marks
Beneficiary
