“You don’t have to be exploited out here. People will pay you. This isn’t a hobby.”

RACHEL “LEVI” LEVINSON, CO-DIRECTOR OF YONDER WALLS, AND OF BENDY KNEES DESIGN CO., EXPLAINED THE MOTIVATION BEHIND YONDER WALLS, BIRMINGHAM’S INAUGURAL MURAL FESTIVAL, WHICH BROUGHT ARTISTS TOGETHER TO CREATE LARGE-SCALE PUBLIC ART IN THE PARKSIDE DISTRICT, THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES, OCTOBER 15.