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Under the Paseo bridge at 77th Street in Kansas City, native flowers and insects are springing up thanks to one local artist bringing beauty to a neglected corner of the metro.
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Artist uses native flower paintings to highlight KC neighborhood issues
A local artist is painting flowers to beautify a blighted neighborhood.
and last updated 2021-05-12 08:34:01-04
KANSAS CITY, Mo. â A Kansas City, Missouri, artist is using her talents to draw attention to the economic and ecological blight in the Marlborough neighborhood.
Julie Farstad, a painting professor at the Kansas City Art Institute, was awarded the Rosser Biennial Faculty Fellowship Endowment last year. Now, she is using that money for her project, Flowers for Marlborough.
She paints pictures of native plants and flowers, then hangs them on vacant homes and buildings in her neighborhood.