Crescent City Art Project Presents D. Banfield Artist

I am Creative Director and co-founder of Crescent City Art Project, an organization created with the vision of enhancing communities aesthetically through artistic expression that embraces culture, individuality, and pride. My inspiration for starting CCAP began two years ago when I started creating public art in the New Orleans area. I went from gutting and de-molding homes ravaged by Hurricane Katrina to engage my artistic passions. I was asked to create the centerpiece of a mural project at the Central City EOC Head Start School. I designed a scene that was a welcomed improvement to the school's bare exterior, giving life to playful still images that have connected with the children that attend the school.


To date, I have independently produced 601 images that have been installed at many Crescent City schools, churches, buildings, and streets. Since each installation project is volunteer-based, it involves a large-scale coordination effort. I am responsible for managing as many as 125 volunteers for a one-day project. Through my efforts, I have successfully completed many projects with up to 50 paintings created within one day. I use these projects to build relationships with national volunteers and the community from every walk of life.




In addition to this personal venture, I have received distinguished honors and accolades for my work. My projects have been featured in the Times Picayune (article June 19, 08), WVUE - Fox 8 New Orleans, NBC's "The Guiding Light", Oprah & Friends Radio Show on XM Radio and "Still Rising" documentary. This year, I was appointment as a Mural Ambassador with Art Miles and the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Decade for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence Among Children of the World. With this appointment comes an invitation to go to Eypgt to participate in the creation of a three-mile mural.

I currently hold a position as a Teaching Artist with Young Audiences Louisiana, and have artistic partnerships with the Recover School District As a volunteer, D Banfield, is to be credited for the design of 601 Mural images displayed across the Crescent City. Originally working construction in New Orleans, D substituted a hammer for a paintbrush in an effort to "Paint the Change" in November of 2006. A year and a half and 600 community/school murals later, D proves more committed to these Community projects than ever.




Disturbed by the images of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, the native New Yorker came to New Orleans in September 2006. He wanted the people of New Orleans to know that someone cared. In the process of helping to rebuild the City, D says, "I found an outlet to channel some of the negative energy that had plagued me for a few years. I became passionate about life and my craft as I went about painting the change." He adds, "For helping me get to this point, I am grateful to the city New Orleans." D has truly left his mark; rebuilding foundations, both structurally and aesthetically, in the Crescent City.




After attending the School of Visual Arts, D's life took a different turn...away from art. These paintings become deeply personal because they fuel his new commitment to his craft. He spends time designing the images, based on the school's spirit and of course his state of mind. The more excited he is about a project the more brilliant the colors are.

Each painting for D is a moment in time that he shares with the volunteers who worked with him on that day of service. His paintings are about a shared experience, giving and community. He couldn't imagine doing anything better.




List of schools/organization/institutions/businesses with D's work....

Anges Bauduit

Carver Elementary

Carver High

John McDonogh High School

James Singleton Elementary

Frederick Douglass High

EOC Head Start

Fannie C Williams

Marie Henderson

Hume Center

Kipps on Carrolton

Kipps on Royal

New Orleans Mission

First United Method Church

Peggy Severe Salon for Women

St Patrick's Park

Welcome Middle School

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[UNCKLEMICKEYSIR]

what a wonderful project! more power to you ,mr.D. Banfield!,,...peace to you and yours!

[mskatmai]

The perfect blank canvas + art + helping out = enriching little kids and everyone that comes in contact with thsese wonderful murals!

Thanks for sharing.