Metro Arts Selects Omari Booker to Create Public Art for Nashville’s First Permanent Supportive Housing Facility

Nashville, Tenn. (TN Tribune)-The Metro Nashville Arts Commission selected Nashville-based multi-disciplinary artist Omari Booker to design and create a work of public art at Nashville’s first Permanent Supportive Housing facility. Omari Booker studied studio art and graphic design at Belmont University and earned a B.S. in Graphic Design from Tennessee State University. Booker’s primary medium is oil painting, and he includes mixed media, charcoal, ink, and found objects as essential building blocks of his work to create finished pieces. He also creates large-scale installations, such as the project that will line the exterior of the new Permanent Supportive Housing facility. Rendering of Permanent Supportive Housing facility, located at the corner of 1st Avenue North and Jo Johnston Avenue, with public art location(s) highlighted in yellow City leaders, alongside former Mayor John Cooper, broke ground on the Permanent Supportive Housing facility at 600 2nd Avenue North in May of 2023 to help Nashville’s unhoused neighbors access housing, mental health, substance abuse, and social services in a single location.The five-story facility will have 90 residential units as well as laundry rooms, green spaces with Cumberland River views, and clinic and office spaces for staff. Omari Booker’s project will include a painted mural...