Ta-coumba Aiken

By Jennifer Holder, June 1, 2010
One of Ta-coumba Aiken’s murals, at Jeremiah Project. Photo: Patricia Bour-Schilla

Aiken studied at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where he learned to harness and integrate his calling as a healer with his creative gifts and, like his mother, to use them sensibly. The motto that he lives each day is, “I create my art to heal the hearts and souls of people in the communities by evoking a positive spirit.”

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The Rebirth of Lowertown

By Jan Zita Grover, February 9, 2008
Photo: Peter Ladd

Welcome to the off-the-clock lives of artists in downtown Saint Paul. Thanks principally to the City of Saint Paul, the former Lowertown Redevelopment Corporation, ArtSpace, the Saint Paul Art Collective Housing Corporation, and local foundations, Lowertown—a district that by the early 1980s had lost most of its commerce and stood semi-abandoned and down on its luck—is thriving again.

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