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- EIN 45-5485171
- (323) 244-1892
- 458 America St Baton Rouge LA 70802-5801 USA
- www.thewallsproject.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture
Mission: The walls is a collective of artists, business leaders, and community volunteers dedicated to stimulating the creative arts economy movement here in louisiana. We are doing so by delivering public artworks that inspire urban and rural beautification, dialogue, and unity. In the recent decades the proliferation of large-scale murals across the globe has made it clear that public art is becoming one of most prolific cultural voices of the 21st century. Through our murals, sculptures, and digital installations the walls project will continue to use visual storytelling by creating art that inspires, educates, and creates an artistic sense of place in communities where we work. To date all 15 of our murals have involved artists from or living here in louisiana and juried selected by a board of their peers.
Programs: The futures fund
the organization provides public art displays such as murals, paintings and sculptures in public spaces to enhance the publics awareness and appreciation for art, the creativity of artists and the improvement of our society. Artists are selected from around the world to provide their talents on public spaces such as buildings, open air sculptures and mass transit systems. The operations, decision-making, and moral compass of the walls project are informed by the following value affirmations: commerce creates art creates commerce community engagement in our initiatives public art improves quality of life for residents louisiana culture should be shared with the world through art global competence is essential to a 21st century existencemural #5 - "pink bubblegum dragon" - 2013downtown baton rouge, la / artist: maggie kleinpetersponsor: lamar outdoor advertising mural #6- "br blues" - 2013mid-city baton rouge, la / artist: charles barbiersponsor: mid-city redevelopment authority + cash america pawn mural #7 - "science tribute to neil degrasse tyson" - 2013downtown baton rouge, la / artist: vance kellysponsor: lamar outdoor advertising + mapp construction mural #8 - "love our community" - 2013mid-city baton rouge, la / artist: erick fields, charles barbier, raina wirta + 40 high school studentssponsor: east baton rouge mayors office mural #9 - "art project redon-louisiana" - 2013redon, france / artist: 20 artists from france, louisiana, and venezuelasponsor: louisiane-france cultural exchange mural #10 - "baton rouge blues harmonica" - 2013downtown baton rouge, la / artist: robert daffordsponsor: raising canes chicken fingers + belle casino mural #11 - "gogh book it kid paint party" - 2013mid-city baton rouge, la / artist: 100 elementary school kidssponsor: east baton rouge library
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