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-�.�: i�- �-��1� 'I���� � Vym't cy, ne, <br />Words blo om from plants in Floraffiti exhibit <br />'FIhe installation will <br />be showcased in an <br />ArMalk on April 14. <br />-By 1sabela zawistowskia <br />Staff Writer <br />Chapel 3l-11 and C-=boro <br />residents Nvill -soon see words <br />Sor uting Up iu unused plots <br />around tow-n. <br />Flora -it;-, in collabora- <br />tion wit-Ii the Chapel ffill- <br />Carrboro comm-mil-w- wilE <br />be showcasing its fifth year <br />of aytis-Ic -plant installa- <br />tions during the 2nd Friday <br />-AxtWaRk firorn 6-9 P­ Or' <br />April 14. <br />T,loraffitd is a group of com- <br />munity crg <br />,anizatioils that <br />have code together to create <br />r1leanipcu-i 6 word <br />_ -s and use <br />plants to spell them in areas <br />around tow-n- <br />Carter. Hubbard, founder <br />of Floraffiti, has mastered :lie <br />art e. placemaking — the act <br />of i de-,ftLfyi ng un & _r u -61 iz ed <br />areas throughout Chapel Pill <br />and Carrboro to create COM <br />- <br />l,r itv ergagem ent Diec a S <br />Tdfh plants. <br />Finticipat tinng organiza- <br />tions include the adults <br />of the Arts and Peer <br />Support Group with t lh <br />e <br />Ar',Tberapy institute of <br />NCI, Boomerang Youth Inc., <br />youth community Project <br />and teens from a few Orange <br />County high schools. <br />Hubbard said there are <br />abo, -and <br />,,,, 45 total words around <br />town avid about half' cif them <br />are already beginning to <br />bloom. <br />-Millary Rubesin, associate <br />director of the Annt -1herapy <br />T <br />.nstitutte, said her partner- <br />snip with Hubbard originated <br />fro-in Hubbard's desire to <br />ensure that marginalized <br />groups have a voice. <br />One of these groups is <br />the i ust <br />thute7s Arts and Peer <br />Group, roup, which is <br />made u <br />r l Support outpatient adults <br />living with mental illnesses. <br />"it is a really open group, <br />and we have been running <br />it for five years for any adult <br />over 18 who identifies as hav- <br />ing a mental illness, said <br />Rubesin, adding that this <br />is for People who like social <br />support and creat"ing art. <br />Hubbard, along with <br />some of the group's mem- <br />bers, decided on one of the <br />words for Floraffiti: resil- <br />ience. <br />Hub1bard also wanted to <br />include youth in the devel- <br />opment of the project and <br />readied out to Boomeranz, <br />YoUtli to involve middle and <br />high school students. <br />"We were excited to bring <br />this opportunity to Young <br />people who may not have <br />access to projects like this, <br />said Sonia Frischemeier, <br />director of operations for <br />Boomerang. <br />"Young People <br />are ,ammys eycitted <br />about g.erting q <br />chance 'Lo share <br />their vitords.' <br />Josephus Thompson W <br />Director of Ile Poetry Project <br />During the Arffalk, com- <br />-'Il reci t <br />MUnity members ' vyu Le <br />poetry in Trout of'the instal- <br />lation. <br />Ffischeryleier said <br />Boomerang held t_vvo writing <br />workshops with The Poetry <br />Project in Greensboro to <br />generate ideas for 11,71orafffil ti <br />poetry. <br />Some of their words are in <br />Spanish, and this is great to <br />bring outreach to the commu- <br />ni Y, She said. <br />"it is amazing to see kids <br />from all different back: <br />grounds workt, <br />, oget -er and <br />help each other -in the contex, <br />FHU I U i_vu i I rat <br />Floraffitiflounder Carter Hubbard created natural art by growing <br />various plants next to sidewalks in downtown Chapel Hill. <br />of poet—y" <br />josephus Thompson <br />M., director of The Poetry <br />Project, z, i t' <br />�� 1 01 <br />s sce I vvi th he <br />I)oe-ry aqpect, of the worl_;hop <br />'h inspire ire e people ' <br />and,chDed people -0 <br />e <br />pressiheirwordsan �d <br />d eas. <br />4-Young Peop- I e are ahvays <br />excited about g--tting, a chance <br />to share -their 1vor Us I " he said. <br />id. <br />@ izawistozvska <br />citg@a'a'Uur,arhfeeLco-P <br />Q:) <br />0 <br />0 <br />C <br />U) <br />M <br />(D <br />0 <br />-0 <br />(D <br />