Community members push for Black Arts and Culture District in Encanto
ENCANTO, Calif. (KGTV) — If you drive along Imperial Ave. in Encanto, you’ll see artwork throughout the area in murals on the side of buildings and storefronts.
It’s known in the community as the Black Arts and Culture District.
Now, there’s a push for it to be formally designated by the city of San Diego.
“There’s areas where I’ll do spray painting and brush painting. There’s this play of going back and forth,” Maxx Moses said.
For Moses, art is a way of life.
His style stems from graffiti. Moses said he was drawn to it as a kid in