2018
No. 2

Community Art: A Look at Public Art in America

Focus: HOPE through the Eyes of DonRico Hawkins

By Adam Kampe

DonRico Hawkins, Jr. is a seventh-grade student in Focus: HOPE's Excel Photography program in Detroit. In this short video, Hawkins discusses a few of his pictures and why he loves photography. We also get to see images of other participants in the program whose work was displayed on abandoned buildings and homes as part of the students' Excel experience.

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Other Articles in this Issue

A brightly colored mural on a Philadelphia city wall
Mural Arts Philadelphia
Empowering Communities through Art
Two dancers suspended against a side of a building with video projections in the background
From a Great Height
Traversing a Public Canvas with BANDALOOP
Men transfer a large cut log
Cultural Identity through Public Art
Haida House Post Project
A fountain made of a cut stormwater pipe
Making Connections
The Process of Creating Public Art in Martin County, Florida
A woman shows students a worksheet while sitting in a garden
Nourishing a Community
The Poetics of Gardening in Buffalo, New York
Children in black tee-shirts dancing around.
Missoula Children's Theatre
Magic Happens When Kids Do Theater
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Young African-American youth standing next to his artwork; young African-American girl in red hat.
Focus: HOPE Excel Photography Program
Students Train Their Eyes on Detroit
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