This week on the My Modern Met Top Artist Podcast (https://podcast.mymodernmet.com/), we interview artist, Brian Peterson. Brian is known for founding Faces of Santa Ana, a non-profit that paints portraits of those experiencing homelessness and uses the money from sold paintings to help with rehabilitation. In this episode, Brian talks about starting the non-profit and the community he's built with his neighbors.

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:42 - How one man inspired Brian to start Faces of Santa Ana
3:28 - How Brian gets over nervousness to approach strangers
5:01 - Brian's deep bond with one person he's met, Kim
7:53 - BetterHelp Ad
9:10 - Brian on the power of sharing stories through art
11:08 - Brian on shifting careers to paint fulltime
12:18 - Brian on starting to paint murals
13:44 - A beautiful moment after painting his first mural for a housing project
15:17 - Expanding the non-profit into Faces of Mankind
17:55 - Become an artist with Faces of Mankind - www.facesofmankind.org
18:40 - "Ask The Artist" listener questions
18:50 - Do you keep in touch with any of the people you've painted in the past?
19:53 - How to help unhoused people
21:19 - The impact Brian hopes his art will have
22:30 - How to help Brian and Faces of Santa Ana
23:29 - Outro

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