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Grantee Address:
822 Woodland Street
Nashville TN 37206-3720

Grant Amount: $8,000

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Cumberland Garden Community Mural Project

The Cumberland Garden Community Mural Project was a public art project wherein neighborhood school children collaborated with Tennessee State University arts students and community members in the conception and creation of a 400’ by 5’ mural at the corner of 26th Avenue North and Clarksville Pike in North Nashville. Led by Sterling Goller-Brown, an experienced muralist, the mural project was designed to help students experience and value artistic self-expression, while the finished product serves as a symbol of inclusive revitalization in the neglected and disinvested neighborhood.

A yellow fence with colorful stripes displays painted text reading “To Love a City—The Cumberland Gardens Community Mural” in bold, black and red letters. Some grass and dirt are visible in the foreground.

A red and green mural reads I MISS YOUR FEET WALKING BACK & FORTH ON THE GROUND with painted footprints leading across the surface. A tree and dirt ground are visible on the right.

A wooden fence painted with the words: MY BLACK SON, WHEN YOU LOOK INTO THE MIRROR, DO NOT LET FEAR EAT YOU ALIVE! The word FEAR and ALIVE! are highlighted in red. The ground is bare earth and grass.