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Aaryon Bird Williams was born in Gary, Indiana in 1986. He started drawing at the age of 5 with his father as his teacher. Bird know he was acceptable by the time he was in the 3rd grade--He knew because his teacher, Mrs. Allen caught him drawing while she was teaching; While disappointed in him not being focused, she still couldn't helped the fact that she was very impressed with his drawing. That year he won "Best Artist" in the 3rd grade. He began to create more art and gain more skill as he got older but struggled with school work. His neighborhood wasn't always the safest and often times was exposed to violence. When he reached 18, Bird had grown to be a fine artist and decent basketball player. He moved to Omaha, Nebraska and attended North High School for his final years. Bird then began to get more involved in the arts through his art class. Within his short time at Omaha North High School, Bird acquired Selection to the Joslyn Student Art Show, OPS Student Art of the Month Billboard, and a Scholastics Gold Medal(Highest art award for OPS Students). Bird as earned a Full-Ride Scholarship to Indian Hills Junior College for basketball where he studied drawing, painting, ceramics and Art Business and Management at Bellevue University and New Mexico Highlands University, where he studied as well. He then started to pursue interest in basketball professionally as his college athletic eligibility was ending--After close to a decade of international basketball in Iceland, Denmark, Mexico and Peru, Bird decided to focus on the arts in inner-city areas. Bird began to create community mural projects through programs created by him for urban youth. His first was 16 foot Fight for Greatness Mural of the world champion boxer, Terence Crawford--It was well received by the media and was contracted under HBO Next year. Bird has gone on to do murals that pay honor to human beings of great achievement and continues his work to this day.
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