{"id":42881,"date":"2016-06-16T20:46:36","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T01:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?p=42881"},"modified":"2016-06-16T20:46:36","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T01:46:36","slug":"ready-for-change-a-local-muralist-aims-to-beautify-tough-neighborhoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/ready-for-change-a-local-muralist-aims-to-beautify-tough-neighborhoods\/","title":{"rendered":"Ready for change: a local muralist aims to beautify tough neighborhoods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/news.medill.northwestern.edu\/chicago\/?s=torene+harvin\">Torene Harvin<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dropcap\">Rahmaan &#8216;Statik&#8217; Barnes is more than just the man who painted the Prince mural in Avalon Park. He has made it a mission to make many of the city&#8217;s tough neighborhoods more appealing.<\/p>\n<p>[vimeo 170722175 w=474]<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old Chicagoan says his former south side neighborhood still struggles with crime, unemployment, abandoned buildings and gang activity.\u00a0 But that doesn&#8217;t mean there can&#8217;t be bright spots.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I take pride in coming from this area, as an artist,&#8221; said Barnes. &#8220;Why can&#8217;t black people over southeast, even down in Bronzeville, can&#8217;t have something to kind of identify ourselves with on a cultural level that represent us?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"featurecaption\">Photo at Top: Rahmaan &#8216;Statik&#8217; Barnes painting a recreation of a photograph taken by Jamal Shabazz. (Torene Harvin\/Medill)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Torene Harvin Rahmaan &#8216;Statik&#8217; Barnes is more than just the man who painted the Prince mural in Avalon Park. 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