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OKUDA RAISES UP UNIVERSAL CHAPEL IN DOWNTOWN FORT SMITH

Site Specific art: 

Client: 64.6 Downtown & The Unexpected Project 2016
Location: Fort Smith, AR
Artist: OKUDA
Service: Curation, development, production, Cultural Placemaking. 

Okuda created his masterful Universal Chapel during The Unexpected project of 2016, curated by Justkids. 

Universal Chapel is a  colorful temple to human sensibility that sits on 1300 Garrison Avenue, located directly across from Immaculate Conception, a historic Catholic church and ornate cathedral in downtown Fort Smith, Arkansasas. The formerly  abandoned building has now been embraced by the community, reactivated as  a school for visual arts and a  landmark piece  central to the  Downtown landscape, demonstrating the captivating power of color and architecture. 

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Visitors: Urban Footprint of Fort Smith, AR. 
Artworks created: 1