"Black Lives Matter" is painted in yellow on the pavement.
The Department of Art and Art History partnered with other units on campus — including the Department of Ethnic Studies and the Black/African American Cultural Center, with input from the Office of the Vice President for Diversity — to join the nationwide street art movement that emerged this summer with similar pavement paintings.
"Black Lives Matter" is painted on the pavement with various patterns. One of the letters "T" has a topographical map speckled with butterflies named after Black explorers inside the letter “T.”
Both of the “L” letters are inspired by the “Love This City” series of murals in Denver, which portray an equal, inclusive and friendly version of the Mile High City. Inside the letter “B" there are two white and two blackbirds interwoven with each other. Other letters included changing aspen trees, Colorado sunsets, abstract patterns, and wildflowers.
Altogether, 13 professional artists, a local architect, an interior designer, elementary students, high school students, college students, teachers, a 70-year-old white woman who marched in the ’60s with Martin Luther King Jr., and the wife and daughter of a local police officer participated in the creation of the mural.
The letters and assigned artists are as follows:
B: Johnny Draco and Amy of Realize – Denver
L: Pat Milbery and So-Gnar Creative – Denver
A: Frisco teachers and elementary students – Frisco
C: Aaron Sutton AKA "Visual Goodies" – Denver
K: Kellie Rogers – Silverthorne
L: Pat Milbery and So-Gnar Creative – Denver
I: Olivia Brown Wolf and friend – Frisco
V: Jaime and Pattie Callahan and family – Frisco
E: Time McCall, Nam Lang and Tom Lang – Frisco
S: Piotr Olimpiusz Kopytek – Frisco
M: Consuelo Redhorse and community – Summit County
A: Patrick Gleason – Frisco
T: Tracy (anonymous Panamanian painter) – Denver
T: Elyse Hope – Frisco
E: Tim McCall, Nam Lang and Tom Lang – Frisco
R: Devon Galpin Clarke – Frisco/Breckenridge
