Inspire Change for a Collaborative Future
Local artist, professor, and entrepreneur Darlene McClinton worked with black artists and volunteers to create a visual narrative of purity, possibility, and pride on the front of Elsewhere’s building.
The mural starts with a hand passing down a seed to a young Black girl. We follow her as she ages. Through her reflection, she abandons shame and is able to look back on her life without resentment. This mural blossomed from pain but it is not limited by it. The butterfly wings are proof of this. Something beautiful happens when Black people tell their stories, everybody gets inspired.
ARTISTS
Darlene McClinton
Jamin Guinyard aka JaySquids
Neidy Perdomo
Karena “Kidd” Graves
Tambra Parsons
Quadasia “Lady Q” Prescod
Xavier Carrington
Phillip Marsh
VOLUNTEERS
Matthew Giddings
Jennifer Meanley
Derek Toomes
Thea Cohen
Artist Interviews
Behind the Scenes
Press
October 9th, 2020 “Artist Kidd Graves gives BLM art extra dimension” UNCG Magazine
August 24th, 2020 “‘Black is beautiful’ at Historic Magnolia House benefit concert” Triad City Beat
August 6th, 2020 “Greensboro’s Elsewhere Museum launches communal living experiment in response to COVID-19” News & Record
June 12th, 2020 “‘A voice for the black community’: Artists finish new mural in downtown Greensboro” News & Record
June 11th, 2020 “Centering African-American voices in downtown Greensboro murals” YES! Weekly
June 11th, 2020 “Photos: Mural of South Elm Street a collaboration of efforts” News & Record
June 8th, 2020 “‘This is a mural of pain for the black community’: Greensboro’s Elsewhere museum asks artists to create mural for storefront.” News & Record