WILLIAMS AND A SMALL ARMY OF FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS PARTICIPATED IN AN ACTIVE FAITH AND RECLAMATION IN THE WATCHED PART NEIGHBORHOOD.

TOGETHER THEY PLANTED 100,000 RED TULIP BULBS IN THE FOOTPRINTS OF NEARLY 2 DOZEN BUILDINGS AND HOMES THAT ONCE STOOD THERE.

THE PROJECT TITLED REDEFINING REDLINING IS NOW IN FULL BLOOM AROUND THE INTERSECTION OF INTROVERTED AND PRAIRIE EVIDENCE.

IS MEANT TO PRESENT INTRINSIC VALUE AND BEAUTY IN BLACK COMMUNITIES.

HERE IS MORE FROM THE ARTIST.

>> JUST FROM A COLOR STAMP A, RED WILL ALWAYS BE ARRESTING.

IT IS TO COMPLEMENT GREEN.

YOU KNOW IN A FIELD OF GREEN THAT RED IS THE COLOR THAT WILL POP THE MOST.

JUST FROM THE AESTHETIC STANDPOINT, IT WILL ALWAYS WORK, AND THEN FROM A CONCEPTUAL STANDPOINT, IT WAS A MUST TO EMPHASIZE THE IDEA OF REDLINING AND GIVE PEOPLE OTHER IMAGES TO THINK ABOUT IN RELATIONSHIP TO THAT TERM.

SOMETIMES I WILL COME UPON A VANTAGE POINT I DIDN'T EXPECT .

I WILL PULL OVER AND STOP AND SOMEONE WILL SAY, CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?

OR I LOVE THAT RED THAT YOU CAN SEE IN THE DISTANCE.

I HAD A WOMAN COME AND INTRODUCE YOURSELF AND SAY, YOU KNOW, I WALKED OUT OF MY DOOR AND SAW THIS, ANY CHANGES MY WHOLE DAY.

IT IS A CROSS-SECTION OF PRIVATE AND PUBLIC OWNERSHIP.

THE CITY HAS SEVERAL PARKS THAT ARE INTERSPERSED.

THERE ARE DIFFERENT OWNERS ALONG THE INTERSECTION.

AND HASN'T BEEN IMPROVED UPON THUS FAR.

I DON'T REALLY SEE ANY RUSH ON ANY OF THEIR PARTS TO DEVELOP IT.

IF THAT WERE TO HAPPEN, DO PEOPLE FEEL EMPOWERED TO PUSH BACK IN A WAY THAT THEY WOULDN'T HAVE SOMETHING ?

WE HAVE A LOT OF COMMON FOR PEOPLE SAYING, FINALLY, IT EXPLAINS THE PROJECT.

IT WAS SO ON POINT.

NEIGHBORS ASSUMED IT WAS A DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?

IT'S JUST ME.

[ LAUGHTER ] THAT IS ALSO VERY INTERESTING TO THINK ABOUT , WHO PEOPLE THINK GOOD THINGS ARE FOR.

WHO IS GOOD DESIGN FOR.

WHO IS BEAUTY FOR?

THIS ANSWERS THAT AND ALSO BRINGS TO THE FOR THE PEOPLE STILL FEEL A DISCOMFORT .

BECAUSE THEY SPENT THEIR WHOLE LIVES BEING LIED TO OR DISAPPOINTED OR NOT INVESTED.

THIS IS ONE TINY STEP THAT THEN NEEDS THE PROOF OF COMING BACK AND COMING BACK.

THEN WE CAN START THE CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW TO IMPROVE THESE CONDITIONS.

>> AMANDA WILLIAMS ALSO