Bronx native’s artwork featured on Banza’s Masterpiece’zas pizza decorating kits
Her masterpiece designs are helping to promote healthy eating for children.
South Bronx native Amari Outlaw-Clark’s artwork has been chosen to be featured on Banza’s newly released Masterpiece’zas pizza decorating kits.
The chickpea comfort food company’s kits include a signature Banza chickpea-crust pizza, pre-sliced vegetables, “Deco Pens” to fill with sauce for decorating the pizza, kid-friendly scissors, vegan basil pesto and oregano.
Through a partnership with the New York City-based nonprofit Creative Art Works, Outlaw-Clark was tapped to create a plant-based design of The Big Dipper and an apple tree that are displayed on two of the four boxes for the Masterpiece’zas kits, which retails for $49.99, with half of the price going toward the Whole Kids Foundation.
The 24-year-old aspiring animator, who lives in the Highbridge section — which she described as “a food desert” — was excited to be a part of the project, considering her previous experience with Banza products.
Amari Outlaw-Clark
“My first introduction to Banza was actually not through Creative Art Works but my sister because she noticed that there was a lack of organic food in our neighborhood,” she told the Daily News. “And she actually traveled to Whole Foods or Trader Joe’s and found one of their products and was like, ‘This is what we need to start eating.’ So like that happened years ago.
“So now I’m designing pizza toppings for them,” she added. “It’s like a full circle because they were my first introduction to nutrition and wellness in foods. So yeah, this is really amazing.”
Banza Masterpiece’zas
The New York-based company’s vice president of marketing Nicole Landesman told The News that the kits are a way “for parents and their kids to enjoy a nutritious meal together and have fun while doing it.”
Landesman added that it was important for Banza to have young artists play a big role in the campaign since “the goal was to spark creativity in people of all ages.”
The work that Creative Art Works has done with young people in New York City was key to the mission of the company, which also works with P.S. ARTS in Los Angeles.
Banza Masterpiece’zas
Outlaw-Clark says the organization has helped her believe in herself and her artistic talent.
“I really feel like they gave me a voice and a platform. And the only reason I would even want a voice in a platform is because I know that I’ll be able to use that same platform to help other individuals like me, to let them know like, ‘Hey, look, I’m here. And I made it. You can be right here with me. Matter of fact, you can be even further than me, you know?’” she said.
