The King’s Canvas Gallery & Studio hosts block party
The King’s Canvas Gallery and Studio hosted a block party in West Montgomery Sunday.
The event brought lots of fun for people to enjoy like frozen treats on a warm day, live music, and food.
The block party was put together to raise money for local artists. However, it also highlighted the Selma to Montgomery marches during the Civil Right’s era.
Those that came were able to help paint an intersection on Oak Street to celebrate those that marched and took part in the activism.
“It’s really important to remember the history of the people that marched from Selma to Montgomery. They were the forefathers. They helped create what activism looks like in this country for people that are disenfranchised, people of color, and poor people. The ability to be able to say that they marched beat and then marched again, the resiliency, it embodies what we need today,” said local artist, Milton Madison.
“I’m 47 years old, I remember a time when we didn’t have cell phones, and we actually got out in the community and interacted with one another, and this is one of the ways that we do it. As cliché as it may sound, we are better together. So, facilitating events and opportunities for us to get together, whether it’s watching performing artists do their thing, interacting with vendors, bringing people together to paint, you can’t really be on your phone when you’re trying to paint, so it fosters more conversation,” said Kevin King, Executive Director of King’s Canvas.
King’s Canvas is hoping to continue the block party over the next three years with a new grant they have received.
