When Wayne Wright opened his Wright Cut barbershop on South Salina Street in Syracuse in September 2018 he knew right away what it meant to the city.

He had worked in various shops for 20 years and recognized the welcoming environment he wanted to foster at his new venture.

“The barbershop is the community. And without the community you wouldn’t have the shop,” Wright told syracuse.com | The Post-Standard in March of 2019. “The community has definitely shown me love, so I’ve got to show it back.”

That meant reaching out to the local art community.

Wright began by hanging some of his late sister’s artwork in his shop. To honor her memory, he put out a call for more Black art that could be displayed there.

“I love art. I love seeing art,” said Wright. “So, I figured it was a way of di

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