Community Canvas Mural Ribbon-Cutting and Block Party
Block Party, Mural Launch, and POVA's 5th Birthday!
Sponsored by AT&T
Friday, July 12, 2019 at 2pm:
Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting for Mural Launch at POVA
Saturday, July 13, 2019:
Mural Launch and Block Party
Murals and Art Exhibition at Poverty and the Arts in partnership with AT&T, WeGo Transit, and The Studio 208
DIY Screen-printing with Hip Hues at POVA- Come create your own commemorative event t-shirt or tote bag!
Glam Life Luxury photo booth at POVA
Live music & pop-up market with local artisans at Drkmttr Collective
Shopping at Good Wood Nashville
Tattoos from new neighborhood shop Kustom Thrills Cleveland Park
Good food & brews at neighborhood restaurants Meridian Street Cafe & Bar, Madeline Pizza & Pasta, Retrograde Coffee, and East Nashville Beer Works
Banjo's Food Truck at POVA
The Flaming Bird Food Truck at 1209 Dickerson Pike
Art Crawl with East Nashville galleries during the East Side Art Stumble (6-9pm)
Neighborhood Realtor Spotlight: Armstrong Real Estate
AT&T sponsored the murals and provided our artists impacted by homelessness the materials and income to design and implement two exterior studio murals, as well as murals on two covered bus stops along Dickerson Pike. The murals are in partnership with WeGo Transit and The Studio 208.
Our Community Canvas Block Party is also sponsored by several local businesses in our neighborhood including LKQ Pick Your Part, Armstrong Real Estate, The Transmission Store, Arbonne International Consultant, Victoria Woodard, and Publix.
Join us for our Community Canvas Mural Launch and Block Party on July 13 and celebrate public art, small businesses, and our creative and vibrant neighborhood! RSVP to the Facebook event HERE.
Thank you to everyone who came out to our Mural Launch Ribbon-Cutting on Friday and our Community Canvas Block Party on Saturday! We’ve been an official 501c3 nonprofit for five years this month, and we are beyond thankful for the support and love we’ve received from the community. Poverty and the Arts started as a dream to bring community members together. It started as a way to connect Nashville’s rich with Nashville’s poor, and as space of creativity for some of Nashville’s most vulnerable.
Five years later, we’ve paid out over $25,000 to artists impacted by homelessness and have served a growing 50+ clients. However, beyond our outputs, we realize we’ve built a growing community and family—one where we hear comments like “I never had friends until I came here”, and “I never felt like people understood me until I joined POVA”, and “People accept me for who I am here”.
We are so honored to cultivate this growing community where we’re inspired everyday by the lives, strength, and perseverance of our artists.
Which is why we’d like to invite you to take part in it! Maybe you have time and can volunteer. Maybe you have disposable income and can donate or buy art. Maybe you have an expertise and can serve on our board or committee—whatever your gifts, we’d love your help to grow our Artist Collective and impact! Please reach out to us if you’d like to be involved!❤️ Thank you!
