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“RISE” is a public mural project inspired by movement, our highest aspirations for culture, the youth, and visions of a brighter future. Artwork and poetry will fuse on every inch of the walls of Elizabeth Park's basketball court.
1 WALL x 7 MURALISTS x 6 POETS x 2 CAILLLIGRAPHY ARTISTS
OUR VISITORS
Zora Mural: by German LemusChildren of Eatonville portraits - by Saint Jose FuertezPoetry: by True PoetCalligraphy Artist: Gina Tyquiengco x Lilly Saluk
ZORA MURAL:
ZORA MURAL:
"Her eyes were watching god"
"Her eyes were watching god"
You’re not alone and you don’t have to live lost in sorrow or fear. You just have to look up to the sky and find the light already inside of you.
This piece is made for the growth of our youth. We want the youth to see how things always get better, there is always going to be a better day. This collaboration shows that darkness is going to happen, people might not believe in you, they might put you down, question your intelligence, but you are capable of overcoming all of those obstacles. You are able to surpass the stereotypes and judgments of others if you look up, if you reach for your goals, you will be successful. Regardless of whats around you, or what people tell you.
Full Poem: "Silver Linings" BY TRUE POET
Full Poem: "Silver Linings" BY TRUE POET
SILVER LININGS /// BY TRUE POET
I’m not trying to say my life is perfect
Cause a crystal figurine glued back together can never be perfect
But baby I’m standing
And I’m shining
I’m opening up my eyes and finding more things in my life that are ok
I’m happy
I’m writing love poems so sappy
I’m lapping up all the fine wine
I’m finally dining at the table of life
And I’m grubbing
See before I was Cinderella scrubbing
But now I’m bumping shoulders
With box seat ticket holders
Like the clock is never going to strike 12
Like sweet chocolate doesn’t melt
But that’s okay cause I fast good
Just like Black educated men can still come out of the hood
Once they find their balance
When they remember where they came from
And what happens to surround them
The world is trying to drown them
In a puddle of blood
From not knowing love
But they’ve surpassed that
And i’ve learned that
The silver linings are not hiding
Like many I did not know
That they were found floating around
the heaviest of clouds
A glow
Celestial and angelic
Severely magnetic
Holding so much kinetic energy
Just waiting to blow
. . .
But it just goes to show
That it’s always going to rain
Just like you and I
Are always gonna feel pain
Just like nothing ever really stays the same
I’m sure a thunderstorm will definitely change the terrain
But the soil, probably just needed water for plants to sprout
Don’t doubt the power of struggle
Don’t expect your bubble not to pop
Stop worrying about your future and live in the now
What’s around us
Street parks that ground us
Dreams that hound us
Beats that meet the sound of our ancestors
The ones who knew hope and faith
On a first name basis
Getting discriminated by bigoted racists
They found their silver linings
Never once going skydiving
So you just kinda gotta look up
At a cloudy sky
Find the light peering
Through the darkness is ok.
The sun can still RISE on the next day
You can still RISE
You just gotta find your silver linings..
TRUE POET - BIO
TRUE POET - BIO
Bio: True Poet, given name Sergio Dixon, is an Afro Latino who shares his struggles and accomplishments through poetry. He used his platform to spread awareness for the LGBTQ+ community and also show that beauty can come from the ugliest of things. His hopes of uplifting his community fuel his poetry to surpass any barriers, break through boundaries, and motivate the people who hear him.
@truethepoet
@truethepoet
German Lemus - BIO
German Lemus - BIO
A moderate and humble soul, Lemus is an artist of strength and awareness also an inspiration to his community. Seeker of truth, an infallible finder of life, Lemus has learned that accepting one’s Artistry uplifts the soul and eliminates the weight to one self. Such an innate understanding of this truth can be the first most valuable virtue we should all be inspired to attain – dedication to one’s own consciousness and craftsmanship. Originated from Honduras, to Miami, Clearwater, Lemus now calls Orlando home. Arriving to the US Lemus struggled with the English language but would soon find a way to figure it all out through Visual Arts programs in the inner city. Lemus solidifies his foundation to the arts from High School in Miami and gives credit of his work ethic from being enlisted in the Army. Comedic sketches of drill sergeants and superiors evolved into murals, paintings and t-shirt designs. After serving the military, he became an art tutor in a program called “Soldiers to Scholars” where he fell in love with mentoring children. He later enrolled in community college where he had formal education in multimedia design and visual arts – attaining years of practical art skills in a condensed period of time. In college, he found the artistic style of Impressionism. At this point, Lemus absorbed the confidence he found in the Impressionist movement, combined it with the urban influence of his youth and furthered his technique. Lemus is also 1 of 7 founding members of The B-Side Artists. “City kids turned young adult, dedicated to appreciating and expressing the beauty found amongst gum-covered sidewalks and sticker-adorned light posts. Lemus has currently displayed in several local pop-up galleries throughout Florida as well as in fine art galleries such as City Arts Factory (Orlando, FL) and Artopia (Miami, FL) Castle Hotel I-Drv. Christian Academy fundraiser and Freedom Riders, Red bull canvas cooler, Big eye mural contest winner, ‘More than sunshine’ collective show, Live painting at Artlando of a complete Toyota Scion, Artlando winner two years in a row, Ronald Macdonald house artist recipient for art being displayed at new facility, Artegon marketplace co-op exhibit {2000 squ. Ft. of art displayed}, 10 years house artist for Café tu tu tango live painting experience, Orl. Museum of art exhibit best in show winner, commissioned by Yogavated Yoga pant clothing and ballballyoga and Orl. City Soccer posters and shirts plus other exhibits throughout Central Florida. Osceola arts mural program may 2019. For more info please www.glemus.wordpress.com and @lemusart
mural #2: "Tree of Creation"
mural #2: "Tree of Creation"
Based on the tree of life. The mandalas represent the universe and the roots represent what grounds us into human form. The baby is going into the womb of the tree of Mother Nature that I like to call the “portal of creation".
Mural: by Sara BerlinPoetry: by Juaquina SheCalligraphy Art: by Lilly Saluk
FULL POEM: "SHINING" BY JUAQUINA SHE
FULL POEM: "SHINING" BY JUAQUINA SHE
SHINING /// BY JUAQUINA SHE
I hope that when you look up into the sky
You see yourself
Because you sparkle as bright as the sun
In the middle of July
I hope the stars will remind you
To always be yourself
To always be the light
To always stand apart
The skies can be a lonely place for the sun
But it never apologizes or hides
It doesn’t care about the opinions of others or fitting in
Each morning, it will always do what it was made to do
And it is my hope that this will be your daily reminder
To always do what you were made to do
Shine
Juaquina - BIO
"I am Juaquina She: an Orlando Poet and Public Speaker. Through my talks, poetry, and blog posts, I create a safe space for women to be transparent without judgement. From this space, I hold their hand while we walk to a place of healing together."
IG: @juaquinashewebsite: https://www.juaquinashe.com/
IG: @juaquinashewebsite: https://www.juaquinashe.com/
Sara Berlin - BIO
Sara Berlin - BIO
Visual artist. Muralist. Sound Healer.
"I am trying to draw attention to my belief that nature and humans are connected as one universal thing and the circularity of life. At any moment we have the choice to evolve and transcend into a better version of ourselves, and therefore inspiring a better version of our community."
IG: @sara_berlin_art
"I am trying to draw attention to my belief that nature and humans are connected as one universal thing and the circularity of life. At any moment we have the choice to evolve and transcend into a better version of ourselves, and therefore inspiring a better version of our community."
IG: @sara_berlin_art
mural#3: "Shining Down on You"
mural#3: "Shining Down on You"
Without our ancestors we would be nothing. Through the work of legends such as Booker T Washington, Ida B Wells, & Malcolm X we're able to rise to the echelons of society we're in today. But the work far from over, with them now forever watching over us it is our time now to carry the torch and lead the way to a brighter future.
Mural: by Saint Jose FuertezPoetry: by Nikki Fragala BarnesCalligraphy Art: by Gina Tyquiengco
Full Poem: "rise like rosa" BY NIKKI FRAGALA BARNES
Full Poem: "rise like rosa" BY NIKKI FRAGALA BARNES
Mean it like Malcolm
March like Martin
Be real like Booker T
Write like Ida, poem like Phillis
Rise up like Maria Stewart Mary Ann Shadd Cary Mary Church Terrell
Teach like W E B
Film like Henry Louis Gates, Jr — Direct like Spike
Preach it like Dorothy Height
Lead like Dorothy Cotton, like Andrew Young, like Barbara Lee, like Shirley Chisholm Teach like Septima Clark March like Fannie Lou Hamer and Amelia Boynton in Selma
Free each other like Harriet, like Sojourner
Rise like Coretta
Nikki Fragala Barnes (Miami, 1976) is an experimental visual poet and participatory installation artist. Barnes, also an independent editor and curator, has read and installed/exhibited works at the Atlantic Center for the Arts (New Smyrna Beach, FL), the Orlando Museum of Art (Orlando, FL), and the Liminal (Valencia, Spain), among other museums/galleries and public spaces. Her work is often collaborative, community-based and site-sensitive. An arts activist, Barnes centers material works on accessibility, public histories, and the poetics of place. Barnes is also a professor of writing at Valencia College and a teaching artist at CityArts. She will be presenting new works in March at the 2nd Valencia College Spring Arts Week and in April during the inaugural Poetry Pops in the Garden at Audubon Park.
See more at bynikkibarnes.com
Saint Jose Fuertez - BIO
Saint Jose Fuertez, your friendly neighborhood Fuertez, Creative Native & Rising Sun of Orlando. With the sole purpose to create and inspire, he is a visual storyteller who uses his gift to invoke in us all the feelings reminiscent of being super heroes like those on the big screen today.
mural#4: "King of the World"
mural#4: "King of the World"
Based off of Zora Neale Hurston’s “Of Mules and Men”. This work is an anthropological exploration of the South. Zora traveled collecting folktales from former slaves, one of which was entitled “The King of the World”. Within this folktale, a man takes on a lion for the title of king, rising over all living things.
Mural: by Christian StanleyPoetry: by Sche The PoetessCalligraphy Art: by Lilly Saluk
Full Poem: "royalty" BY SCHE THE POETESS
Full Poem: "royalty" BY SCHE THE POETESS
“Royalty”
I am royalty
Nappy hair, coiled,
Beady beads
Rasta locs
Sewn down to perfection
Baby hair laid like butter
skin is as deep as the Nile
As smooth as shea
Black as hematite or
as yellow as a sunflower
I am royalty.
A queen to say the least
A goddess if I’m being
Modest I was made in
God’s reflection
so I gotta be the hottest
The sun speaks to me
Because he loves my
Melanated skin
My glow within
Is reflected in my walk
Does my haughtiness offend you?
And the way that I talk?
I will not be silent
You will hear when I come
You will know when I leave
And if my presence isn’t missed
Then my absence is a necessity
You don’t have to like me
But you will respect me
This world can not hold me
I am a warrior - the epitome
Of unstoppable
Queen of the jungle
Lioness of her tribe
They will write about me
in history books
my power they will describe
as boundless.
I am royalty
I’m not your Property so
Approach me properly
Like I pass life through my womb
I am changing
I’m freed
I’m freed
from my cocoon.
Sche The Poetess - BIO
Sche The Poetess - BIO
“Writing has always been my thing” says Porsche “Sche” Sanders, a Tampa, FL native who started writing poetry at the age of 8. More popularly known as “Sche the Poetess” her style is simple and relevant yet powerful as she encourages positive self-image and awareness. She enjoys creating pieces that are relatable and paint pictures of everyday challenges and experiences of the young and ambitious. She draws most of her inspiration from music inspired by artists like Wale and the late great, Tupac.She is an FSU Alumna who finished school, while working full time and taking care of her two children. She believes in the importance of remaining true to yourself and never settling until you’re satisfied. “Life is short. Make your experiences GRAND.”
Christian Stanley - BIO
Christian Stanley - BIO
Christian Stanley of C. Stanley Creative is an Orlando based muralist, illustrator and graphic designer. Graduating from the University of Central Florida in 2011 with a degree in Graphic Design and a focus on Illustration, his work encompasses a broad range of styles and mediums. Stanley's projects make use of his wide skill set, allowing him to utilize pen and ink, acrylic paint, digital art, spray paint, and occasionally even wood burning, to form a finished piece. Often his work focuses on designing for large scale printing with applications such as vehicle graphics and wall murals. Recent projects include murals at East End Market, Sodo Plaza, the Falcon Art Bar and Gallery, the Sam Flax Wall Mural Project, and the ARTisNOW Project in Kissimmee. Christian was also seen on stage at 2017's Inkwars as a part of the Creative South design conference, and more recently at the University of Central Florida's Creative Clash event.
MURAL#5: "INFINITE SUNRISE"
MURAL#5: "INFINITE SUNRISE"
The unity between modern Orlando and a historic Eatonville; the people living together and becoming something greater than their situations and grow “even through [the] gray cement” of what can be a harsh urban world. This mural is an expression of how the children of these two cities will grow from today into the beauty of tomorrow.
Mural: by Joseph StarkweatherPoetry: by SatiCalligraphy Art: Lilly Saluk x Joseph Starkweather
Full Poem: "Freedom" BY SATI
Full Poem: "Freedom" BY SATI
In this world of much confinement
I'm reliant on the far horizon to strike my stars into alignment between these silver linings.
We are infinite in our sentiments.
We grow taller even through gray cement,
until our heights reach those of heaven and all of our times well-spent.
Because we are infinite.
Sati - BIO
Sati - BIO
A poet inspired by sounds and their textures, Sati writes her way through life with vigor and stacks of LP records. Concise but assertive in her expression, Sati's love for hip-hop and the culture it has birthed is deeply embedded in her work. Heavily influenced by the sounds of the late J. Dilla who closely worked with the likes of D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, Common, A Tribe Called Quest, and many others.
Joe Starkweather - BIO
Joe Starkweather - BIO
Artist since birth from Madison, Wisconsin. started to do graffiti art at age 13, and murals at age 18. In his 20’s Joe lived in various cities throughout the US painting murals and graffiti art. He learned a great deal during this time studying and collaborating with artists from various regions in US. He moved to Florida in 2011 to be closer to his family and turn his hobby of painting murals and signs into a full time business. He started his business- Works of Stark LLC in 2015. Since then Joe has painted many murals for private homes, small businesses, and some large companies. Joe prides himself on being able to adapt to any environment creative wise and is always striving to be as well rounded of an artist as possible.
graphic design degree from Seminole state, graduate of Madison East high school 1998
graphic design degree from Seminole state, graduate of Madison East high school 1998
IG: @worksofstark
mural#6: “Brothers and sisters”
mural#6: “Brothers and sisters”
Inspired by Eatonville’s history ,founders and values and based off Raquels poem “Brothers and sisters”
"I was inspired to write this piece from my experience of being a part of the March for Our Lives organization. Being a part of the group really allowed to understand how it feels to be a young person in America. We are constantly stressed and we go through a lot mentally but knowing your strength and power and realizing how you can use to change the world can make all the difference. But it’s also about how we need to come together as brothers and sisters instead of tearing each other apart" - Raquel.
Mural: by AJ BarbelPoetry: by Raquel PerryCalligraphy Art: by Gina Tyquiengco
Full Poem: "BRother's And Sister's" BY RAQUEL PERRY
Full Poem: "BRother's And Sister's" BY RAQUEL PERRY
We are brothers and sisters
Daughters and sons of a generation
Who wanted to give up on love years ago
But we do our best to uncover it
We are a constellation
Beautifully illuminated by our imperfections
But we wear our indifferences like armor
Because we fear what we’ll see if we’re allowed
One second of individuality
To understand emotions and display vulnerability
We are brothers and sisters
Who inhale criticism and exhale cynicism
Because the men before us did not acknowledge a cruel world
So, we can only embrace it
Drape ourselves in abject misery
Try to stitch and mend the problems of our history
We are the brothers and sisters
A mass of degenerates in despair
Who crave a sweet, numbing feeling
For the lack of love that knew
Because no one told us that we would be born in such a place
I wonder when unhappiness became so impossible to replace
But all throughout
The energy
The passion
The optimism
The pride
We are here together
With a fulfillment of desire to do something better
For the next generation
AJ Barbel - BIO
AJ Barbel - BIO
"I have been involved with art since middle school and decided to make it a therapeutic hobby. This mural( Eatonville roots) would be my first i have ever done so far so it means a lot to me. I appreciate the opportunity and will return Eatonville the favor."IG: @ajdeener
Raquel Perry - BIO
Raquel Perry - BIO
"I was inspired to write this piece from my experience of being a part of the March for Our Lives organization. Being a part of the group really allowed to understand how it feels to be a young person in America. We are constantly stressed and we go through a lot mentally but knowing your strength and power and realizing how you can use to change the world can make all the difference. But it’s also about how we need to come together as brothers and sisters instead of tearing each other apart."
COurt FLoor Mural
COurt FLoor Mural
Jason "TIE" Davis - BIO
Born in San Antonio Texas , a multi-talented visual, performing artist, poet, lyricist, and creator. TIE is a commanding verbal painter and mixed-media artist dually drawn to the spiritual freedom of abstract expression and the conformed structure of graffiti.
Now, living in Orlando, Florida TIE is proud to give back to this community as part of the nonprofit collective Exodus United, Inc. which, teaches youth about art and encourages it as a positive outlet to help deal with life’s everyday struggles.
CONNECT with JASON "TIE" DAVIS
IG: @titleineternityEMAIL: dabarber182@yahoo.com GROUND Mural: by JASON "TIE" DAVIS
The Calligraphy Artists
The Calligraphy Artists
gina Tyquiengco - BIO
gina Tyquiengco - BIO
Gina Tyquiengco is an Orlando based artist and designer, devoted to the surrender in the creative process. She expresses herself through abstract painting and freehand lettering. She illustrated the coloring book, Notes from the Universe, and her artwork has been exhibited at Artlando and CityArts Factory.
CONNECT with calligraphy artist GINA TYQUIENGCO PORTFOLIO: ginatyquiengco.comIG: @ginatyquiengco.
CONNECT with calligraphy artist GINA TYQUIENGCO PORTFOLIO: ginatyquiengco.comIG: @ginatyquiengco.
Lily SALUK - BIO
Lily SALUK - BIO
Lilly is a lettering artist and practicing calligrapher in Central Florida. Outside of painting cute phrases on canvas, she also loves making signs for weddings, showers, menus and promotional boards, custom hand made gifts, and lettering on anything, really. With her artwork she wants to help others who are also trying to find motivation and courage to get out and live life. Lilly enjoys her time cuddling with her cats while she paints, at the gym, or travelling to new and exciting places (especially if there is good food involved).Visit her website at Littlelillylettering.com or shop for motivational wall art at www.etsy.com/shop/littlelillylettering
CONNECT with calligraphy artist LILLY SALUK PORTFOLIO: Littlelillylettering.com IG: @littlelilylettering
CONNECT with calligraphy artist LILLY SALUK PORTFOLIO: Littlelillylettering.com IG: @littlelilylettering
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