
okuda’s dynamic display of color and abstract geometries canvases the façade, hip roof, and entryway, turning the abandoned house into a public outdoor museum for both locals and visitors to experience and enjoy. Presented as part of the second edition of the unexpected art festival - organized by 64.6 downtown and curated by charlotte dutoit of justkids - ‘universal chapel’ sits at the east entrance to the town. Scipio Africanus Jones was born in 1863 in Tulip, Arkansas to a slave, Jemmima Jones. An unobtrusive, yet important building to Little Rock’s history and Little Rock’s black history is the Murphy Jeffries Building on Martin Luther King Jr.

The project is located in the north west part of arkansasĪll images courtesy of raymesh cintron / justkids Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, its one of the last. Now, however, the Ozark Medieval Fortress is left abandoned and decaying in the woods. geometric figures and animated patterns have been painted from the floor to the roof, wrapping the disused site in a technicolor coat of vibrant visuals. okuda’s signature street art style blends organic shapes with human figures, eyes, and animals to relay multifaceted themes of the universe and the creatures that inhabit it. The property was built between 18 by William Woodruff, the founder and first publisher of the Arkansas Gazette. The Castle of the Ozarks was so popular that in 2011, it was named one of the Top 10 Places to Visit in Arkansas by the Arkansas Department of Parks and Tourism. In the north west part of arkansas, okuda san miguel has transformed an abandoned house into ‘the universal chapel’, using his emblematic colors, graphics and motifs to enliven the existing structure. Burned down by Union soldiers in 1864, remnants of the old structure still sit along the 1.5 mile Sope Creek Trail, at the point where Paper Mill Road meets the path.
