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<\/p>\nHOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
TO DISPLAY NEW MURAL FROM AVA DuVERNAY\u2019S\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
LAW ENFORCEMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT<\/b><\/p>\n
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Ava DuVernay\u2019s Law Enforcement Accountability Project (LEAP) is partnering with the Houston Museum of African American Culture<\/a><\/span> to display its latest commission, BLUE IS THE COLOR WE SEE BEFORE WE DIE, by Texas-based multidisciplinary artist Delita Martin. The original, hand-painted mural chronicles Bastrop, Texas County Police Officer Daniel Willis\u2019 actions that resulted in the 2014 murder of Yvette Smith. More information on LEAP and the case can be found <\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Tickets are free.<\/span><\/p>\n Exhibit opens this Friday, July 9, 2021<\/span><\/p>\n Opening Reception: Friday, July 9, 2021, from 6\u20138pm.<\/span><\/p>\n **Please RSVP with: Davinia Reed | dreed@hmaac.org\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Houston Museum of African American Culture<\/span><\/p>\n 4807 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004<\/span><\/p>\n Follow Us on Twitter and IG<\/b>: <\/span>@ARRAYNow<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>@LEAPaction<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>@houstonmaac<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n ABOUT THE ARTIST:<\/b><\/p>\n Delita Martin is an artist currently based in Huffman, Texas. Martin\u2019s work explores the power of the narrative impulse and has been exhibited both nationally and internationally. Most recently, Martin\u2019s work was\u00a0shown at\u00a0the\u00a0National Museum for Women in the Arts in Washington, DC and\u00a0welcomed into the Library of Congress<\/span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n ABOUT LEAP:<\/b><\/p>\n Launched in 2020 by the non-profit ARRAY Alliance, the LEAP fund commissions projects across multiple disciplines including film, literature, poetry, theater, dance, fine art and music. LEAP is envisioned as a two-year project to catalyze a minimum of 25 artist commissions to catalyze creative expression around police violence and accountability. LEAP\u2019s previously announced artist grantees include: photographer Steven Kirby\u2019s photo essay, 41 TO \u201999; poet and activist W.J. Lofton\u2019s visual poem Would You Kill God Too?; culinary artist Jocelyn Jackson\u2019s FIXED PRICE MENU; and singer\/songwriter RaRe Valverde\u2019s SAFE WHERE?. The Ford Foundation was an inaugural funder of LEAP. Data was contributed by the analytics organization Mapping Police Violence. For more information, go to <\/span>www.leapaction.org<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nShare this:<\/h3>