Project Overview

Whitehaven Community Center Mural | District Mural Program | Whitehaven

UAC and the City of Memphis launched the second iteration of the District Mural Training Program in 2017 to provide mural training and professional development to seven Memphis-based artists, culminating in each artist creating their own $30,000 mural project in each of the seven Council districts. Training to support neighborhood engagement in the public art process, mural design, and installation techniques were provided in partnership with MuralArts Philadelphia in Memphis and Philadelphia following artist selection in May 2018. Each artist was paired with a site across the city, including Bickford Community Center, Whitehaven Community Center, May Soccer Complex, Orange Mound Community Center, Mitchell Community Center, Raleigh Town Center, and Marion Hale Community Center.

About the Artist

Carl Scott

photograph by Ebony Archie

Carl Scott, from Forest City, Arkansas always knew he would be a painter. From the moment his middle school art teachers encouraged him to become an artist, he worked to become an established painter in Memphis, TN.

Scott mentioned that he always grew up around art. His friends, his mom, and his mentors were all artists who inspired his own artistic trajectory, and so it made sense that this would be his life.

We talked for a while about some of his favorite paintings, and Carl actually stopped by our office well after the group interview to continue our initial conversation. Lately, he’s been inspired by a series of paintings of children’s faces from various ethnicities. The process of observing different people and researching all of the hues and tones that make up humanity has been greatly rewarding for him lately, allowing him to combine his love of painting and people in one.