Arya Hodjat Assignment #4


Living Artists and Co., a Maryland-based art collective, recently put up these installations in College Park. 


They sit across from City Hall, adorning the windows of what used to be a cellphone repair store.


Camilla Tapia, a former University of Maryland students, started the collective after graduation.


The art won't be there forever — the building will be part of the new College Park City Hall. Here's the old one.


In March 2018, the city council voted to purchase the neighboring properties, for over a million dollars.



For now, though, the art stands as an example of the vibrancy of the students that call the town home.

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