Sidewall: a mural project

BOOM Concepts x sidewall Exhibiting Artist: James "Yaya" Hough Artwork: Untitled (LOOK!) from the Quiet Apartheid series UNTITLED (LOOK!) is about the internal & external state of black bodies in this moment of social crisis & social change. The simultaneous experience of trauma & empowerment energies within our bodies as we struggle against white supremacy.... James Yaya Hough is a contemporary artist & muralist. His art making centers on issues of race, mass incarceration, & US history. James Yaya Hough spent 27 years in prison under a mandatory life sentence. During his incarceration, James continued to hone his craft and create art pieces that expressed his time and experiences in the justice system. After his release in 2019, James is dedicated to using his voice and his art in the struggle for prison reform in Pennsylvania. He is currently the 1st artist-in-residence with the City of Philadelphia’s District Attorney’s Office and has work on display at MOMA PS1 for the Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration exhibition. I believe that great artists should strive to be agents of social change.We are not only society’s eyes, but also it’s conscience. James Yaya Hough

BOOM Concepts x sidewall James "Yaya" Hough Untitled (LOOK!) from the Quiet Apartheid Series

BOOM Concepts x sidewall Miles E. Saal Yung Mulatto

BOOM Concepts x sidewall Exhibiting Artist: Miles E. Saal Artwork: Yung Mulatto Miles E. Saal was an artist and classically trained musician. After relocating to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2013, Miles quickly established himself as a significant contributor to the growing local Hip Hop community. Under his pen name, Yung Mulatto, he used his talents as a visual artist to create zines, record covers and other music-related marketing materials in support of the growing, local ...Hip Hop community. As a beat producer, he added to the Pittsburgh collective scene by working with many musicians to help them shape their unique sounds. He stressed the need to work together to uplift the varied talents that Pittsburgh had to offer, earning in music and artistic circles the unofficial title of Creative Director of the Local Hip Hop scene. Miles’ impact on the Pittsburgh Hip Hop scene was profound. In a December 8, 2017, post on the In the Rough online magazine, Ian Welch said, Miles made the youth and creative scenes in the city tighter by connecting people with different people. He saw something in ourselves and brought it out of all of us to make the scene great. Miles also suffered from depression and unfortunately lost his battle with the disease on November 30, 2017, at the age of 21 years. #StillSaaling: The Miles E. Saal Memorial Fund was created in Miles’ memory to continue his work of supporting young and upcoming artists many of whom, like him are in need of mental health services. The fund’s mission is to support non-profit organizations and projects that focus on the arts community in efforts of outreach, education and treatment of mental illness as well as highlighting their creative productivity, especially among African Americans artists. https://pittsburghfoundation.org/saal https://atypicalarts.com

BOOM Concepts x sidewall Takara Canty Oshun