Hibbett | City Gear x The World Games 2022
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The World Games 2022
Birmingham will host the World Games next summer, becoming only the second city in the United States to host the World Games in its 40-year history. Hibbett | City Gear is excited to announce a partnership with The World Games 2022 that will create several vivid murals painted by local Birmingham area artists with the theme “It’s the Right Time.”
The World Games is an extraordinary, international sports event held every four years, in the year following each Summer Olympic Games. The Games represents the pinnacle of competition for 3,600 of the world’s best athletes. Marking The World Games’ 40th anniversary, this will be the first edition of the event to be hosted in the United States since the inaugural World Games in Santa Clara, California, in 1981. For more information visit TWG2022.com or Facebook, Instagram orTwitter.
Birmingham will host the World Games next summer, becoming only the second city in the United States to host the World Games in its 40-year history. Hibbett | City Gear is excited to announce a partnership with The World Games 2022 that will create several vivid murals painted by local Birmingham area artists with the theme “It’s the Right Time.”
The World Games is an extraordinary, international sports event held every four years, in the year following each Summer Olympic Games. The Games represents the pinnacle of competition for 3,600 of the world’s best athletes. Marking The World Games’ 40th anniversary, this will be the first edition of the event to be hosted in the United States since the inaugural World Games in Santa Clara, California, in 1981. For more information visit TWG2022.com or Facebook, Instagram orTwitter
Meet The Artists
Meet The Artists
Meghan McCollum
Founder / Owner - Blank Space Bham
Meghan has long held a passion for championing communities through creative placemaking. Partnering with local artists, nonprofits, and businesses, Meghan uses her background in community organizing to help others utilize art in ways that create more accessible, inclusive spaces. With over a decade in the field and five years as a small business owner, she offers consultation and project management services through Blank Space in hopes of inspiring others to use mural art in their own way in Birmingham and beyond!
Shawn Fitzwater
Founder / Owner - Fitz Signs & Murals
Shawn is a lifelong artist who used to draw and sketch in his free time growing up. In 2018, he picked up a paintbrush and painted his first mural on his kids' bedroom wall. After posting a video of the mural on social media, a local restaurant owner hired him to paint new signage for their business and Shawn decided to become a full-time muralist. You can find his work all over Birmingham in popular restaurants, shops and destinations like the Birmingham Zoo.
Marcus Addison
Founder / Owner - 6oldie The Artist
Marcus Addison, also known as 6oldie, is a Birmingham-based self-taught artist who started painting four years ago. Marcus loved to draw growing up and found art as a way to express himself. "My art expresses no limitations or boundaries which allows me to take my own expression or vision wherever with no regard of boxes or opinions."
Belinda Youngblood
Department Chair
Briarwood Christian School Fine Arts Academy
Belinda Youngblood is the Department Chair of Fine Arts at Briarwood Christian School in Birmingham, AL whose students were chosen to paint one of several murals for The World Games Birmingham 2022. Check out the video below to see how the project came to life!
This 12,000 square foot mural was designed in collaboration with Briarwood's Honors Art Students and painted in three days by over 80 school artists. The design of the World Games Mural reflects the coming together of all the world in the spirit of competition. Each sport included in the World Games is represented through icon imagery placed on colorful tiles. The theme “It’s the Right Time to Love One Another” is embodied by the movement of the tiles “floating” in water from the center of the fountain in harmony.
The World Games 2022 "It’s the Right Time to be as One” mural by Shawn Fitzwater. This mural can be found on the north side of The Boutwell Auditorium facing City Walk.
All About The World Games Birmingham 2022
All About The World Games Birmingham 2022
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