San Diego’s Black Arts & Culture District aims to empower and heal

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Along Imperial Avenue in Encanto, the San Diego Black Arts & Culture District is taking form. It looks to honor and uplift the region’s often overlooked African American community on a local and national stage. JacobAere reports ⤵️

Walk into the World Famous Imperial Barber Shop, and it's chock-full of paintings, photographs and artifacts that pay homage to Black history in San Diego and beyond.“We’re wanting this community to actually grow. And art is the foundation of most growth,” said shop owner Tau Baraka.A mural of Huey Newton holding a gun is painted on the wall behind The World Famous Imperial Barber Shop, Aug. 31, 2022.

There's already art all over the district and it comes in all shapes, sizes and colors, according to local artist Kim Phillips-Pea. The new cultural district covers nine blocks along Imperial Avenue, from 61st to 69th Street, including Marie Widman Memorial Park. That same part of town that once hosted summertime street fairs.

“If we don't do this on purpose, create an epicenter where people can come on a common ground — and see people who look like them, see hair that looks like [mine], hear music that speaks of us — you can kind of forget who you are,” he said.A mural of an African American Rosie the Riveter is painted on a fence along Imperial Avenue, Aug. 31, 2022., represented by council member Monica Montgomery Steppe.

“A little bit of everything from storefront improvement, I'd like to see infrastructure changes as far as driving down Imperial, beautification when it comes to just the landscaping, trees — definitely more murals,” Phillips-Pea said. “We just want to see love poured into the area.”A large mural of famous civil rights leaders covers a wall behind The World Famous Imperial Barber Shop, Aug. 31, 2022.

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