Heritage Canvas

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Heritage Canvas is a Fund for the Arts HeArts program that was created to recognize Louisville’s young creatives and a sprinkle of outstanding West End visual artists. Twenty elementary and middle school age students from Shawnee Community Center, conducted oral history interviews to help preserve the stories and perspectives of 8 local artists who have given so much to their community. 

 Students helped develop interview questions with the visual artists, designed the background and collaborated on the wording for the banners. The facilitating artists were Gwendolyn Murphy and Portia White. 

“HeArts is an initiative of Fund for the Arts and Louisville Metro  Government that supports arts programs in community centers across the city and county. HeARTS is an investment in arts as a powerful and transformational tool for healing, building trust, and community cohesion. Post-pandemic, participation in arts reduces isolation and rebuilds community networks. In the midst of an epidemic of violence and community suffering stemming from the public health crises of racism and poverty, arts are a vital strategy in a community’s fostering of empathy, conflict resolution, and positive mental health.” – Fund for the Arts