Cape Girardeau Community Art Day

Jacob Wiegand

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Moments from Cape Girardeau Community Art Day on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Ranney Park in Cape Girardeau. Local artist Malcolm McCrae said the event was a chance for people "to create and come together as a community to be able to celebrate each other.” The event also acted as a debut for the “Pollination Station” art bus. “We using Mother Nature as the blueprint,” McCrae said regarding the name of the bus. “Just like animals pollinate the world, we pollinate the world with positivity and good energy.” McCrae said at the beginning of August the bus will be leaving for Connecticut and will be making other stops, at places such as schools and community centers, across the country.

Kweku Arkorful, originally of Ghana and now Cape Girardeau, shakes hands with Cape Girardeau Police Lt. Bradley Smith after both took part in a drum circle next to other drum circle participants including Montell Jackson, 17, of Watertown, New York, (left), Bankole Agbon, originally of Milwaukee and now Jackson (standing) and Ben Koller, originally of Milwaukee and now Asheville, North Carolina, (foreground) during a Cape Girardeau Community Art Day on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Ranney Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Ben Koller, originally of Milwaukee and now Asheville, North Carolina, holds up a phone near pieces of artwork during a Cape Girardeau Community Art Day on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Ranney Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Kweku Arkorful, originally of Ghana and now Cape Girardeau, takes down a piece of artwork at the end of a Cape Girardeau Community Art Day on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Ranney Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Local artist Malcolm McCrae speaks to attendees of a Cape Girardeau Community Art Day on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Ranney Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)

Maggie Shelton of Cape Girardeau adds to a piece of artwork during a Cape Girardeau Community Art Day on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Ranney Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
Bankole Agbon, originally of Milwaukee and now Jackson, steps near pieces of artwork during a Cape Girardeau Community Art Day on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Ranney Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)
De Von Dent of Milwaukee walks in front of the "Pollination Station" art bus during a Cape Girardeau Community Art Day on Sunday, June 30, 2019, at Ranney Park in Cape Girardeau. (Jacob Wiegand ~ Southeast Missourian)