Artists in Residence

Salifu Mohammed (Alaagy) was born in Northern Ghana in a primitive farming community near the Burkina Faso border. Before he moved to California in 2001 to become DrawBridge's artist-in-residence, he graduated from the Ankle College of Art in Accra.

As a child, Alaagy experienced many hardships and abuse and was eventually raised by his grandmother. Because of his experiences he is able to connect with the DrawBridge children in natural and meaningful ways. During the past six years he has collaborated with DrawBridge children to create murals at six San Francisco Bay Area shelters and one in New York City in partnership with Good Shepherd Services.

Currently, he leads one of DrawBridge's 30 weekly art groups.

Visit Sulifu Alaagy's personal artist website at www.alaagy.com.

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Canal Welcome Center Mural - In 2008, Alaagy completed a collaborative mural project with the Canal Welcome Center. This mural was created by Ernesto Olmos of the Canal Welcome Center and Salifu Mohammed, the DrawBridge artist-in-residence with ideas, drawings and help from the residents of the canal community.

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Canal Community Mural - In 2006 Alaagy completed an exquisite mural (18 feet high) with children from the Canal neighborhood of San Rafael (learn more >>).

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DrawBridge Artist-in-Residence at the Marin County Fair

DrawBridge Artist-in-Residence Salifu Mohammed worked on a community mural at the Marin County Fair on Friday July 4 and Sunday July 6. The mural was be on the Special Events Lawn as part of the Marin Arts Council's hands on arts activities.
Please come out and paint a mural with Salifu!

http://www.marinarts.org/html/fair.htmhttp://www.marinfair.org/

View Marin County Fair Map >>

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Learn more about Alaagy's Mural work >>

Read newspaper article "Connecting through art" about Alaagy's work >>