Taking It To The Streets

Using a nontoxic, biodegradable paint, five staffers from Duffy & Shanley hit the streets to stencil messages promoting a homeless shelter.
Some 30 or 40 messages comprised the “Street Smart” campaign, created for Amos House in Providence, R.I. One of the stencils was a chalk outline. “It’s not where a man died. It’s where he slept,” read the copy, accompanied by the name and phone number of Amos House.
Despite complaints that the work defaced property and glorified graffiti, Deborah Brayton, executive director of Amos House, said the response was “overwhelming.