Boston-based artists Kenji Nakayama and Christopher Hope, leaders of Sings for the Homeless project, create homeless signs for people on the streets. Kenji Nakayama and Christopher Hope trade old signs for reimagined ones in bright, clean colors. They preserve the signs’ original wording. You can read their blog that includes interviews with the people they make signs for right here.
“I sleep outside because the shelters are nothing but stomping grounds for predators and thieves,” says Bobbi, 52. “I get attacked in the shelter. My things get stolen in the shelters in Boston. So I’ve decided to stay outside.”
