The Community Center, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 in. / 50.8 x 50.8 cm.

The Community Center, Dana Powell Smith, 2024, acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 in. / 50.8 x 50.8 cm.

Ode to the neighborhood community centers. They were our safe place to go. We could play cards, dominoes, chess, spades, double dutch, basketball, and the parties. Oh the parties.