First introduced to Lily by Arthur Hall, Jo Jo acted as a self-appointed guide for Lily, whom many residents initially considered to be an outsider. JoJo was a local resident with “a fiery, friendly spirit,” says Lily Yeh, despite the many hardships he faced. Together, Lily and Jojo designed Ile Ife Park, drawing on JoJo’s masonry skills. JoJo showed Lily how to use chickenwire and cement to make the sculptures. Ile Ife had a ceramics studio, which Lily used to handpaint and make the tiles that decorate the early sculptures that surround The Village.