there's a link between noah purifoy, judson powell, curtis tann, and john outterbridge.ferson: john outterbridge came out here and became fascinated not only with los angeles and all that was possible with it, but he found friends, and he made allies, and together, he cared about offering what other people weren't giving to us, so, you know, let's have a communicative arts academy, and if you have the watts tower art center, if you have outterbridge starting the communicative arts academy where they had dance and music, this is a neighborhood activity. nobodyas trying to come in and bring this stuff for them. it was from the ground up, and they made it happen. outterbridge: in los angeles, i was introduced to this city, about art the tool for change. we started to have conversations about the street environment being the studio environment, and i really believed that--or thstudio being anywhere that you chose for it to be. noah and judson powell talked to me a lot about that, and it formed an attitude that i just embraced within myself. purifoy: at the time, i recall, we