All photos by Phillip Boyd
Voices on the Edge, Edgehill-South Nashville (2017)
This project was an artistic response to a troubling incident I witnessed. Two young boys (ages 7 and 9) were stopped, questioned by two police officers and escorted home in a police car for riding their bicycles on the sidewalk in Edgehill Village.
With financial and in-kind support from Metro Arts THRIVE, Nashville Public Library, local businesses, nonprofits and my church we held a series of community art workshops, meals and discussions--where adults listened and our children shared.
The goal was to:
- Uplift the voices of our children
- Engage community members in art
- and Connect neighbors across differing ethnic, economic and educational backgrounds
