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09/03/2021
Great news!
Once the hub of Wichita's thriving Black commercial district, historic Dunbar Theatre is 'first domino to fall' in revitalization plan - Wichita Business Journal Finally, construction has started on the first of five phases of a major $18-million project that's in search of public and private funding.
03/23/2021
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“Nosotras” / 2018
02/12/2021
"Gang" databases are racist, unverified, and harmful, but that doesn't stop some police departments–like the Wichita Police Department–from using them. Have you or someone you know been directly impacted? Let us know: www.kansasappleseed.org/gangdatabase
Often, individuals are identified as “gang members” by the police and placed in the Gang Database without individuals’ knowledge - even if they've never committed or been charged with a crime! Across the country, there's a pattern among the use of databases that suggests racial profiling.
Let's do something about it.
Kansas Appleseed, Progeny and ACLU of Kansas are collecting information about the effects of the Wichita Gang Database maintained by the Wichita Police Department and any other Gang Database in the state of Kansas.
02/10/2021
We love Bernardo’s humor through his art! Go support his work and support a local/woman owned business!
Bernardo Trevizo Art Prints now available! Arte Bernardo Trevizo disponible ya!
01/22/2021
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01/18/2021
Shoutout to the talented and for their most recent contribution to downtown art AND for looking so good in these photos! đź’Ąđź’Ą
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01/17/2021
Big props Priscella Brown and Quintis!
10/12/2020
Exciting news! Congrats Anthony Joiner from Hustle and Art Podcast on this amazing project.
Black-run art gallery highlighting multicultural artwork to open by the end of the year Community members are hoping to open a Black-run art gallery which focuses on multicultural artwork by the end of the year. According to the gallery’s GoFundMe, Mulberry Art Gallery is a “non-profit immersive art gallery in Wichita, Kansas…where guests will learn to engage with art through aud...
09/15/2020
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09/08/2020
Don’t miss this exhibition about Wichita’s Latine community and history.
Exhibit highlights Latinos' contributions to Wichita's history Aug. 3, 2020 — Two professors are collecting family photos to document Latino contributions to Wichita's history.
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The inspiration behind Horizontes.
In 2013, as a freshly arrived, new Wichita resident, I was on my way to a meeting being held at The Boys and Girls Club. If you are familiar with Wichita and the location of this facility, which I was not, you might remember that it sits in a large campus built in the northern edge of the historic African American Northeast neighborhoods, just east of highway I-135 on 21st Street.
This campus spans severals blocks north of 21st St and about four blocks wide, nestled inside the predominantly African American neighborhood, with only one point of entry and exit. Unaware of this unorthodox architectural design, for several minutes I was not successful in entering the campus through its ironically named “Opportunity Drive”. I drove, and looked, and drove, and looked, and drove around more, and could not access Opportunity Drive, despite it being visible from my perspective.
This quest to get to my meeting at the Boys and Girls Club, let me to drive into and around the neighborhood, explore its streets, and to witness a horizon line, visible only through my physical presence within that space.
As I drove slowly looking for clues that would grant me the entry to Opportunity Drive, I came across two little girls playing in the street, one girl was riding a bicycle while the other one walked by her side. This unexpected sight of childhood play and joy, was a welcomed break to my unanticipated and frustrating neighborhood exploration.
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121 E Douglas Ave
Wichita, KS
67202