Jamie Colon’s paint-stained hands are cold from the frigid October weather, but he keeps painting outside because he wants to bring color to Santa Fe Park. Colon, the lead artist, said Topeka’s parks lack color. “You go to every park in Topeka, it’s beige,” he said. “The whole idea is to put a splash of color in the park so when you come here in the winter time when everything is brown and gray skies, you got this bright spot of color that pops out of the park.” Colon, along with artists Andy Valdivia and Robert Tapley Bustamante, are working at Sante Fe Park, 1500 N.E. Division St. Each artist is reimagining a different side of the public bathroom at the park that was graffitied with hateful messages months ago.
Source: News – The Topeka Capital-Journal
