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Central to his work, is the idea of fun. He laughed, saying that his work is “the fun part, there’s business too, but we’re going to have fun.” »

“I will continue to draw and paint. This is what I do and a major part of who I am.” »

“A lot of the times when I do murals, it’s nice when they know what they want but gibe me the creative style,” Lutfy said, smiling. “It’s creating a blank surface into life.” »

For Umoja, art is also about people, and its about advocacy and representation, a sentiment reflected through both his honest, wise words and through his passions. “Art has been made into an elitist thing, but it shouldn’t be. The best art comes from the struggle.” »

For Andreu, like many other muralists, it’s all about the people. “Doing art can be very isolating, but community murals bring people out. It’s fun for me. It balances the introversion/extroversion kind of thing.” »

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