Ricky Singh
Instagram: @mrrickysingh / @TheExtraMileCharlotte
Facebook: @Ricky Singh / @theextramileclt
Twitter: @MrRickySingh
LinkedIn: Ricky Singh
Email: Rsingh@charlottelabschool.org
ABOUT: Ricky Singh is an artist, educational leader, and community curator living and working out of Charlotte's Historic West End. Singh is a founding leadership team member of Charlotte Lab School, a K-9 charter school that was founded in 2015. A multi-faceted artist, he is a graffiti-based muralist who utilizes canvases, pots, bags, sneakers, and more to share narratives of empowerment, unity, and color in his community and around the city. Originally from New York City, he moved to Charlotte almost a decade ago and has led and facilitated many art projects. Singh is driven to work with the city to create community-based projects that empower marginalized groups, furthering the mission of the #BeattiesFordStrong mural project, and finding ways to lift up #CharlotteYouth voices. Singh binds people together through community projects that combine art and activism. He put that knowledge and passion to work last summer in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests and a massacre on Beatties Ford Rd. Singh initiated a series of community murals and multidisciplinary events in an effort to rebuild the Beatties Ford corridor’s sense of peace and pride.
MEDIA COVERAGE:
Charlotte Artist Helps People Learn About Neighborhood- Spectrum Local News
PODCAST: Who Built Ricky Singh? - Charlotte is Creative
#36 - Ricky Singh, Head of High School - Charlotte Lab School - Square Pizza Podcast
After school arts program offers adolescents opportunity to shine- NY POST
Stop, Collaborate and Listen- Transforming Education
One Year After Beatties Ford Road Mass Shooting: More Questions, No Closure- WFAE
Ricky Singh uses art to uplift Beatties Ford community- Qcitymetro
