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Behrakis Health Sciences Center
30 Leon St.
Boston, MA 02115

Cedric Douglas

A World of Innocent Discovery
May 10-20, 2016

Cedric Douglas  is a  street  artist  and  designer  who has created artwork around Boston for more than two decades. He is  inspired by everyday life and street art subculture, and he  uses his art to activate spaces and engage the public.

Douglas  served as an artist-in-residence with  Northeastern’s  Center for the Arts in the fall of 2015, and the following spring he  created a mural on the exterior  wall of the  Behrakis  Health Sciences Center on Leon Street facing Centennial Common.

“You pick up a can of spray paint, and you enter this world that you have no control over. It’s like a genie in a bottle, and this world comes out of the can.”  

—Cedric Douglas  

He  is the founder and creative director of The Up Truck, a mobile arts lab created to  connect  with  underserved communities in Boston through art and creativity. In addition to creating art in the Boston area for the past 20 years,  his  work has been  exhibited  across  the United States and  in  Colombia.

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