In 2018, Kevin King established The King’s Canvas was established in the Washington Park neighborhood of Montgomery, Alabama. Like many Black communities across the country, Washington Park was fractured by the construction of an interstate highway in the 1960s. The King’s Canvas operates as a creative haven, providing creative opportunities, entrepreneurial and personal development, and space and material access to artists who have been historically and systemically marginalized. Through artistic expression and creative placemaking strategies, The King’s Canvas also uses arts and culture as a conduit to address community and economic development issue. Join this session for an in-depth case study of community-centered creative placemaking and the process of reactivating a vacant space to create social change and affirm community culture.