Voices of Hope by Ta-coumba Aiken
In 2000 local artist Ta-coumba Aiken painted this “Voices of Hope” mural on the wall of the St. Paul Union Gospel Mission.
A City Pages article highlighting some of the best murals in the Twin Cities includes this work and says:
Aiken, who works with several idiosyncratic styles of abstract imagery, refers to the composition of this particular set of motifs as “rhythm patterns.” The piece is across the street from the Naomi Family Center. “Since women go there with kids to better their lives,” Aiken says, “I thought a lot about what’s going to give you that little spark, to help make your life better.” The result was a continuous rainbow of colors, composed of lines at least six feet long.
