Artist Alcrist Moreta has created a mural at Green Road Community Center to raise awareness about gun violence. Alcrist was personally impacted by gun violence when her 19-year-old brother, Miguel Bejaran, was shot and killed near the mural's site on November 16, 2021. She hopes this mural will uplift the community with positive conversations about prevention and safety to help end gun violence.
This mural is a community-initiated art project proposed by the Boys & Girls Club with support from Artspace, Raleigh Arts, and Lowe's Home Improvement.
Learn more about the City of Raleigh's Gun Violence Reduction Strategy
About the Artist
Alcrist Moreta is best known for the vibrant and colorful layers of depth within her work, her versatility, and for always reinforcing the power of the people, hope, and culture. Her art is a blend between florescent abstraction and realism.
She graduated in 2014 with a BFA in Fine Art, Illustration Concentration. She loves working with different mediums to create positive storytelling art. Alcrist's work represents major events in her life that have awakened knowledge, spirituality, and growth. She is influenced heavily by her Hispanic heritage and the bright clothes, colorful cities, and art of the Dominican Republic, where her family is from. Through her art, she wants everyone to treat the world as their canvas, taking vibrant art and energy to spread love and positivity into the world to make it a better place.
