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Nick Burns | Photo by Will Crooks for Greenville Journal

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Nick Burns – a.k.a. Ninja Picasso – is an artist and veteran teacher at Let’s Dance Studio in Mauldin. He creates arts in all types of forms – caricatures, graffiti, graphic design, murals, choreography – and is even bringing those art forms to underprivileged kids in Greenville.

He runs Streetlightx Creative Arts, a program that provides free hip-hop dance + art lessons to local children who otherwise couldn’t afford the workshops.

“I really feel like beyond skin color, beyond limitations, you can inspire, you can make an impact, and you can reach out to people,” says Burns.

Read more of his story via Greenville Journal.

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