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ποΈ 12 July 2020
β±οΈ 11 minutes
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Plywood boards on storefronts became canvases during the protests over the killing of George Floyd. One Chicagoan wonders what will happen to the art now.
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0:00.0 | And I could use, oh, Tadhi, I can use the ladder here. |
0:05.0 | I'm gonna make some. |
0:07.0 | Oh, Claire. |
0:09.0 | Kayla, you see how nice that yellow's looking? |
0:11.0 | That's what we're gonna work on, okay? |
0:13.0 | Dorian Sylvain has been painting murals for decades. |
0:17.0 | So what you're gonna need to be thinking about too is base paint. |
0:20.0 | Like, for example, there's a couple of browns over there. |
0:23.8 | What brown would we want to put in for her face? |
0:26.7 | What about the mask? |
0:28.4 | Today, she's working with a handful of students, painting a storefront at 71st in Jeffrey |
0:33.3 | on the south side of Chicago. |
0:35.5 | And we are painting a boutique, |
0:37.8 | trying to give it a little bit more inspiration. |
0:40.6 | It's unfortunately completely boarded up in the front, |
0:44.1 | and so now we're giving it a facelift |
0:46.2 | and making it bright, attractive, |
0:49.8 | and let people know they're open for business. |
0:52.4 | This isn't an abandoned business. |
0:55.0 | The mural features two women painted in shades of purple and red and blue against a bright green background. |
1:03.0 | So gather a paintbrush, the base color you need. |
1:07.0 | We can possibly just work straight out the cans. |
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