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ing this year as WOW’s presenting spon-
sor. “What’s really important about art is
it conveys the personality and vibrancy of
the community.”
Through art, the concept of commu-
nity stretches beyond boundaries. Lin Fei
Fei, who moved from China to California
in 2015, will be participating in this year’s
festival. For WOW, she plans to use spray
paint and house paint to create a mural
that she says “celebrates the shape of our
bodies and the diverse atmosphere” of
Sacramento. She specializes in large-scale
oil paintings and says she always wanted
to do street art, which isn’t popular in her
home country.
“I’ve always dreamed of being a street
artist,” Fei s ays. “Due to circumstances
beyond my control in China, it’s hard to ex-
press yourself in public there and street art
can be a bit of a gray area. It will be great if
I can have my mark artistically in this town
that I now consider as my second home.”
As part of the WOW alumni family,
Delgado is coming back this year, leading a
collaboration project to make a new mural
on a wall at Sacramento State. The image
will be the word Sacramento, with 10 dif-
ferent artists drawing one of the letters in
their own unique style.
“It’s a typography exercise but inside
each letter, the work will be distinct,” he
says. “I think Sacramento talent is like
that. And once the international spot-
light comes, I want everybody to see we
are right there with the best artists in the
world.” n
Russell Nichols is a freelance writer who focus-
es on technology, culture and mental health.
His work has appeared in The Wall Street
Journal, The Boston Globe, Governing
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“ONCE YOU LEAVE, YOU GO BACK TO YOUR TOWN AND TALK ABOUT
THIS MURAL. THE RETURN ON INVESTMENT IS SOCIAL CAPITAL.”
- Doug Warren, regional director of operations, Welcome Group
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