(KCMO) September, 2008. City Union Mission is honored to have local artist, Alexander Austin, create a mural for our new Christian Life Center. “The mural will depict men going through the progression of struggle and pain to victory as the pieces of their lives are put back together. It will be displayed on the wall of the multi-purpose room for the men on our Christian Life long-term recovery program,” said Dennis Chapman, Associate Executive Director.

“This man is an inspiration.You might never guess that this up and coming artist would know what it’s like to be down on his luck. Almost twenty years ago Alexander Austin, now a Lee’s Summit resident, stayed at City Union Mission during a difficult period in his life. He got help to turn his life around and now is using his God given talent to inspire other men,” said Dennis Chapman
 
“This is kind of a homecoming for me to come back to City Union Mission. The wall will be perfect for what I want to depict. On one end I’ll paint men defeated, weighted down with the stresses of poverty…on the other end those same men victorious, heads held high, sure.”

Austin has just completed a huge project painting the Power & Light District's 18,000-square-foot south wall. “I’m not receiving money for the work at City Union Mission, but that mural will mean more to me because of what it represents.”

“The generosity of the people of Kansas City is what enables us to help poor or homeless men, women, and children, make lasting changes in their lives,” said Dan Doty, Executive Director of the mission.

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