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The Chronicle February 25, 2021 A3 Mural on WSSU campus aims to inspire Black Lives Matter movement BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY THE CHRONICLE Phillip Osborne does not want to see the mo mentum built last year by the Black Lives Matter movement (BLM) to stop. Last weekend he coordi nated with students from his alma mater, Winston- Salem State University (WSSU), to paint another mural on the campus. • Osborne was a part of the BLM mural that was painted in downtown Win ston-Salem last summer. He painted the hashtag portion of the mural and that inspired him to contin ue spreading the message to as many people as he could. He has painted sev eral BLM murals around the state and was elated to have WSSU join in, espe cially after he painted the WE VOTE mural previ ously on campus. “Once I did that, I said, ‘hey, you know what, why not promote this as a thera peutic community-related activity and I can bring this to the campus,” said Osborne. “With the con nections I had at the col legiate level, I wanted to bring those murals to col leges and have something where the students can do it outside and social dis tance and fellowship with one another. “I wanted to get it out there, although I wasn’t able to get it out to as many colleges as I wanted to. Winston-Salem State took advantage of it, Living stone College took advan tage of it and I have been talking to some more col leges about it as well. It’s just something community based, so students can still have fun and have an ac tivity to do together while they are in school.” Osborne collaborated with the student govern ment association of WSSU to plan the event. To ad here to social distancing rules, instead of having all the students come out together, they chose to Submitted photo Phillip Osborne coordinated with the SGA at WSSU to paint the Black Lives Matter mural on campus. bring small groups of stu dents in different shifts to work on the mural. Each group painted the letters as Osborne worked on a ram specifically designed for the school. Osborne said he didn’t want the BLM move ment to only be a fad in the area, only coming out when something unfortu nate happens to someone of color. His idea for the mural was to have a daily reminder to the students to continue pushing for equality and justice. “I just really wanted to continue to strengthen the importance of Black Lives Matter,” he said. “It seems like it’s a phase and it seems like it comes and it goes anytime an unfortu nate incident may happen to an African American. It’s so people don’t lose focus on BLM. “I didn’t go out and protest, I used my artwork as a form of protesting in getting my message out there. It’s a creative peace ful protest and I can in volve students and staff and everyone gets to be a part of my vision. My vi sion is to continue to put the message out there and still at the same time have some fun while doing it.” Osborne was pleased with the turnout from the students and staff of WSSU. He said the stu dents were happy to par ticipate in the event, espe cially during Black History Month. Now that he is able to step back and appreci ate his work, Osborne was happy with the results. “I feel awesome and it came out really good,” he said about the mural. “The students really helped out, especially with the clean up. I was really dope and I actually love the out come.” Art has long been a passion for Osborne, al though he has only been painting for four years. He said he used art as a thera peutic activity as a child and the passion grew from there. He describes his art style as neo soul and ex pressive art. Osborne said he is inspired by Jean-Mi chel Basquiat. Osborne can be reached by email at posbo964@ gmail.com or on his Insta gram page at phil77777. The l.^ (Mike ^ 1^^^ R link’ ^ & JWrrill/ ^r^H^^ TMW Ki-Ik! A^mr^ w^r Titk 0 Vm^ State C shR VrliUfi Sj^jv Ui iwlp pr*- ^4r Ilk ^tr lunb^hhA ^W li^ rhe li»^f Mwp rw ¥®»? Ertl Wablemii BwsH M ^W OS BANKRUPTCY DON \LD R. 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