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Michigan St2020 After Dark
Written By Hannah Berry

Black Anxiety by Ryan Crawley

About Ryan’s Mural:

Black Anxiety - this piece was a physical representation of the anxiety I had being Black in America. The piece reads from right to left. I started with so much wound-up tension that translated in the orange color and right shapes. Then of course, as I was feeling the energy of Grand Rapids around me, I wound down into the loose shapes and the blues. This piece allowed me to release those internal emotions and share them with the city. My hope is that the city of Grand Rapids can continue moving in a better direction forward.

Mural by Kevin Wolfrom

Mural Location: Advance America Cash Advance

Address: 353 Fuller Ave NE, Grand Rapids, MI 49503


 

About the Artists:

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Ryan Crawley
Ryan Crawley

Ryan Crawley is a resident of Grand Rapids, MI, located in the Creston neighborhood. Ryan graduated from Western Michigan Universities Gwen Frostic School of Arts in 2010 with a Bachelors in Fine Art emphasis in painting. His work maintained a very stylized approach painting, and this has become the sort of signature to his work. Movement and color have played a large part in the pieces he creates, and that stems from trips from Wisconsin to Michigan. Light is the past, present, future. The only thing that changes is our perception upon the moment we first noticed it.

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Kevin Wolfrom
Kevin Wolfrom

Kevin Forest Wolfrom is a painter working out of Grand Rapids, MI. Graphite being his first love, Kevin eventually gravitated towards painting. Having a great appreciation for the intricacy of the stars and what lies amongst them, a good portion of Kevins's work is inspired by it. Having the ability and freedom of painting aspects of space is an amazing feeling.

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