Calling all Byrd School Alumni — and anyone who believes in the power of a dream.
 
Byrd School is a historic building in Selma, Alabama — empty for years, sitting next door to our home at Byrdland. I believe it can become something remarkable. A place where artists live and work. Where children learn to make art. Where creativity becomes the answer to everything this community has been through.
It is my personal mission to bring this vision to the City of Selma and make it real.
In the Year of the Firehorse, the time is now. 
 
The first step is to clean the school.
One third of Byrd School is clean. Two thirds remain, plus a jungle out back that needs taming.
 
I make art to bring joy into the world. 50% of every Joy Byrd sale goes directly to the cleanup of Byrd School.
 
Purchase two JoyByrds for $175 or a single Joy Byrd for $100 — original paintings personally selected by the artist. Be part of this story of renewal.
 
Did you or someone you love walk these halls? Share your memory in the comments.
 
Sign up at https://www.trestaylor.com/byrd-school to join the Byrdwatchers and follow this story as it happens.
 
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