Wilmington’s Cultural Street Art Program Opens

The first of a series of installations of Black Cultural Art in the City began Monday, August 24, 2020, at Peter Spencer Plaza in Wilmington Delaware.

The City of Wilmington, which supports Black lives and the ongoing effort to promote racial justice reforms locally and nationally, today opened a community-designed and executed cultural street art program. Organized by community activist and artist Vanity Constance and managed by City Cultural Affairs Director Tina Betz, the first of a series of cultural street art installations is underway beginning this morning at the King Street entrance to Peter Spencer Plaza.

Vanity Constance and Tina Betz said the first art installation site that was originally selected—crosswalks at 4th and Market Streets—could not proceed because of a series of technical problems such as needing to prep the asphalt for a few days before the paint could be applied. Instead, it was decided that the Spencer Plaza sidewalk artwork would be an appropriate way to start the program.

On August 13, a community-led ceremony was held in Spencer Plaza to unveil the permanent home of the Pan African RGB Flag. The date of the flag-raising—August 13—is significant because it marked the 100th anniversary of the signing in 1920 of the Declaration of the Rights of the Negro People of the World by the United Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) chaired by Marcus Garvey. This document is one of the earliest and most comprehensive human rights declarations in U. S. history.

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