Land of OpportUNITY

In 2020, Art x Love worked with Buckeye-Shaker residents and John Carroll University students to walk every street in the neighborhood and produced the Steps to Equity walkability assessment. These findings informed and inspired the creation of The Village Activity Book in 2021. In 2023, Art x Love was engaged by the Cleveland Public Library to produce a collaborative mural for the Rice Branch Library that would be informed and inspired by people’s activity book submissions.

More than 200 residents, kids, and community members contributed to the design and creation of this mural, which was named "Land of OpportUNITY” in recognition of resident’s desire for a vibrant map representing the diverse places they live, visit, and want to discover. Mac Love served as lead artist on the project, and spent several days completing the mural while adding personal affirmations from every library-goer who stopped to check it out. The mural stands as a powerful and inspiring tool for navigating life and everything around it.