Students, faculty, artists and dancers gathered at the event Empowerment through Art and Graffiti to paint their own graffiti and listen to speakers share their stories about the importance of art and expression last week in Sneaky Park.

An event two years in the making came alive April 27 as artists from the community gathered to take part in what is hopefully the first of many Empower­ment Through Art and Graffiti Community Events.

Campus and community events for the week of April 20, 2012.

Legendary graffiti artist Banksy has captured a secretive and humorous inside look about the underground world of street art and its artists in his film “Exit Through the Gift Shop.”