“I have a background in sculpture, originally, and then imaging and digital arts, too. Sculpture was my first love . . . I’ve had my studio in the community for twenty years. I guess in the beginning I wasn’t that involved in the community. It was only when the community association started that I started going to the meetings . . . I’ve done a lot of working helping with the community gardens, and we’ve turned 108 vacant lots into community green spaces. It has been a lot of work with everybody working together, which has been quite an experience.”