The ‘Detroit Be The Change’ murals were all painted by international artists at below market rate, according to local artists

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/7302446

That’s when Detroit muralist Sydney James called us.

“All of these white artists painted Black people,” she says. “There was no vetting process or anything. They said, ‘Hey we can come in and paint these walls,’ and the city said OK, but they make Detroit artists go through the wringer and do all these community activations before they can put something up. These European artists weren’t asked to do all of that.”

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    • @raoulraoulOPEnglish
      1•1 year ago

      Apparently, you can. Just as long you’re not from Detroit.