POPPING UP IN ONE WINSTON-SALEM NEIGHBORHOOD EVERY WEEKEND THROUGH JUNETEENTH OUR JACKIE PASCO. GOT TO CHECK IT OUT AND MEET SOME OF THE ARTISTS INVOLVED. IT’S ALL ABOUT BRINGING NEW LIFE TO THE COMMUNITY. DRIVES OFF ART THAT’S WHY CAYUME ALLAH AND THE REST OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION IS BRINGING THE ART TO HAPPY HILL PUTTING IT ALL ON DISPLAY EVERY WEEK THROUGH JUNETEENTH AS PART OF AN ART ANTHOLOGY SERIES AND WE COULD JUST SAY IT ODD EXHIBIT AND BUT WE CHOSE ANTHOLOGY TO KIND OF LET THEM KNOW THERE’S SOMETHING SPECIAL THEY ALSO CHOSE THE LOCATION INTENTIONALLY AT THE INTERSECTION OF ALDER AND MOCK STREETS THE HOW OUR STRIKES A MOMENT IN HISTORY FOR THE OLDEST BLACK NEIGHBORHOOD IN WINSTON-SALEM. ARE WE HOPE TO DISPEL THE NEGATIVE ON STEREOTYPE THAT HAS BEEN GIVEN TO THIS AREA OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS WANT TO RECLAIM AND READ VITALIZE THE RICH CULTURE IN HISTORY THAT EXISTED OVER BEING HAPPY HERE BEFORE THE ARTISTS. THEY’RE BRINGING IN ALSO ALL HAVE TIES TO THE AREA WHEN I THOUGHT ABOUT THIS PAINTING I WAS TRYING TO THINK ABOUT OH, MY ANCESTORS WERE WHO THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN LIKE THIS WEEK’S ARTIST. KAYLA MUHAMMAD WHOSE DAD WAS KNOWN LOCALLY FOR HIS ART. MY DAD HAD A STROKE NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND HE KIND OF STOPPED WITH HIS ARTWORK. SO I KIND OF STUMBLED HIS PLACE THE NC A&T GRAD ALSO FOLLOWING IN HER DAD’S FOOTSTEPS WORKING IN THIS COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY WITH CHILDREN AS THE YOUNGEST ARTIST IN THIS SERIES. THE 23 YEAR OLD SAYS SHE HOPES HER ART SPEAKS TO OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THINK A LOT OF BLACK WOMEN HAVE BEEN A LOT OF THE BACKBONE FOR A LOT OF COMMUNITIES. SO I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THEM AND THAT’S WHY I DO HIGHLIGHT THEM. MOHAMMED’S WORK WILL BE ON DISPLAY AGAIN AT THE BIG JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION ALONGSIDE THE FIVE OTHER ARTISTS FEATURED OVER THE COURSE OF THE SERIES ORGANIZERS SAY THEY WANT TO KEEP DOING THIS KIND OF WORK EVERY YEAR TO SHOW PEOPLE IN. SALEM AND THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES JUST HOW GREAT HAPPY HILL CAN BE JUST A FELLOWSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY. IT’S SOMETHING EXCITING FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT’S SOMETHING NEW FOR THEM. I KNOW THE VALUE OF IT. I KNOW THE CULTURE. I KNOW THE HISTORY AND SO IT’S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN WINSTON-SALEMI PASCAL WXII 12 NEWS. THANKS, JACK. YOU MENTIONED THE HAPPY HILL ART ANTHOLOGY SERIES HAPPENS AT THE CLOCK TOWER ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS FROM 11 TO 4:00.