Upcoming UrbanArt Events

By Kacky Walton

Published March 22, 2024 at 3:32 PM CDT

Kacky Walton has a conversation with Lakeisha Edwards, the new director of The UrbanArt Commission. The nonprofit organization is committed to creating opportunities for artists and neighborhoods to connect and shape spaces through public art.

She’ll talk about two upcoming events UrbanArt is hosting: an information session covering the details of the planned Heights Line Gateway Sculpture on Wednesday, April 3^rd at the UrbanArt Commission headquarters on Cleveland Street in the Crosstown neighborhood, and the UAC Artist Happy Hour Thursday, April 4^th from 6 to 8pm at Lafayette’s Music Room in Overton Square.

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I owe my radio career to the Ford Motor Company. My daddy had a Ford dealership in our hometown of Clarksdale, Mississippi, and he thought it would be cute if his 7-year old daughter did his radio commercials. The pay wasn't great, just a pack of Wrigley's gum, but I was hooked on radio from then on.

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