East Lansing seeks muralist to fill blank, gray wall downtown
An unloved wall in downtown East Lansing could soon be no more.
The city s arts commission last week issued a request for qualifications for a mural to fill the southern facade of the Albert Avenue parking garage, a 53-by-23-foot space towering over M.A.C. Avenue..
Residents and students hope for something that represents all members of the sometimes transient community, home at various points to college students and workers in the nearby state Capitol. (It should have) something to do with the people and incorporate the Spartan colors green and white (but) make it more abstract and on the artistic side, said Gabrielle Tirey, who attends the neighboring Douglas J. Aveda Institute. There’s already artwork of Spartans everywhere.
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Crystal Wilson is a licensed esthetician and founder of Crystal Clyear Skin Care. Wilson, who grew up in the city of Detroit, defied numerous obstacles that often plague many young women in the city by becoming an entrepreneur with products for sale at Walmart.com.
Wilson’s career began as an assistant makeup artist and she enjoyed it enough to move to the next level of the artistry. Her skills were enhanced after enrolling in Douglas J. Aveda Institute and she soon found the love for the science of skin care that would change her life.
Wilson’s life changed when she started attending Deeper Life Gospel Center where Pastor Wade Bell Sr. challenged the congregation with a project completion task for 2020. During a global pandemic, Wilson claimed God did the impossible for her and sent her everything and everyone she needed to complete her project. Wilson also met Tiffany Cartwright, founder of Amarra Beauty and member of Global Empowerment, and Cartwright became