A 7000-square-foot ground mural in Chambers Park depicts Breona Taylor with the message "Black Lives Matter." Near her, the dates "June 5, 1993 - March 13, 2020" are written.
Annapolis-based Future History Now, a nonprofit art collective that creates murals with youth facing adversity in underserved communities, in partnership with Banneker-Douglass Museum and the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture organized the mural.
"Black Lives Matter" is painted in various colors on the pavement.
There were a number of artists who worked on the mural.
Lead Artists:
Joseph Pearson - Lead artist for the word "Black"
Jenny Pickens - Lead artist for the word "Lives"
Marie T. Cochran - Lead artist for the word "Matter"
Supporting Artists:
Dustin Spagnola, Jas Washington, Autumn Nelson, Ovidio Acevedo, James Love, Michael Barnard, Walter Dickenson, CJ Randell, Beth Ivey, Timothy Davidson, LaKisha Blount, Rahkie Mateen, Kela K. Hunt & Trey Miles, Broderick Flanigan, and Faustine McDonald
Black Lives Matter is written on the pavement in a variety of colors. At the end of the phrase is a Black Power Fist.
The Town Hall Black Lives Matter mural project team is being led by Hartford artist Khaiim A.K.A Self Suffice and Stephen (Stefon) Richmond, owner of Painting with A Twist Hartford. The team includes more than 15 artists from Bloomfield and across Greater Hartford. The group includes educators Zazzarro Decarish and Sacha Kelly, muralists Michael Borders and Chris Gann, and several well-known and newer artists including Aariyan Googe, Che’ La’Mora, and Trae Brooks. The Hartford Foundation grant will cover stipends for the stencilers, supervisors, and artists, and the cost of supplies and gift cards for youth assisting on the project
