00:04My name is Hamilton Glass and I'm a public artist.
00:07But even more than just being an artist, I'm an artist that believes in the power of community engagement.
00:13Here we are out in the world doing this as a community and people stopped by every day we were
00:17painting.
00:18Community engagement is one of those things that brings together the community to have stake in the work that lives
00:25beyond just the painting.
00:31That's what public art is good at.
00:33Exactly, right? So I was trying to sort of follow that path of like using art as a way to
00:39speak truth to power.
00:40Absolutely.
00:42I think that's a real skill of the artist, right, is to go to a city and make something that's
00:50really impactful but also allow the local scene to get involved.
01:00That people really see the identity of themselves and their community in what is being put in the community.
01:06And I started to see like, oh my gosh, the sky is the limit on what we can do.
01:12Understand that we can put art and creativity to work everywhere and it will make our city a better place.
01:19As the artist, I'm always trying to put forth what good art creates, right?
01:28Good art is something that shows you the direction on where to look, but it does not tell you what
01:37to see.
