Roanoke Sun

Pollak Building mural, a VCU alum’s new project, celebrates diversity, education and community

Sudanese street artist Assil Diab’s latest project brought volunteers and Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts students together to shine a light on education and community.Diab graduated with a B.F.A from the Department of Graphic Design in the School of the Arts in 2011. Soon after graduating, she interned with French-Tunisian street artist El Seed. This work inspired Diab to pursue a career in street art. Last year, she received VCU’s 10 Under 10 award for her activism work in Sudan and is credited with being the country’s first street artist.Late last year, Diab worked with students, faculty and other volunteers to create a new mural at the entrance of the VCU School of the Arts' Pollak building.After she was commissioned for the project, Diab began thinking of ways she could represent VCU and VCUarts students through her work. “I came up with the idea of doing a collage of typography – choosing different fonts for graphic design and lettering – but in different languages to represent the diversity of students that are at VCU,” Diab said.

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