Browse Items (25 total)
Sort by:
MLK Street Mural, Des Moines, IA
A massive, 300-by-214-foot portrait of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is displayed on the ground of a cement parking lot along Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway downtown. With the help of some 35 volunteers, local artist Michael Bowser created the mural…
Justice // Equality // MLK
A large scale black-and-white portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. gazing off to the viewer's left. The word "Justice" is written in stylized, fully capitalized font to the viewer's left and the word "Equality" is written in the same style to the…
Martin Luther King, Jr. // Birthing a Legacy
A black-and-white portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr. deep in thought, brow furrowed. The background/foreground of the image is partially overlaid with the portrait and features stars and a graphic design of shades of gray, black, blue, and red. The…
Our Lives…
A spray-painted plywood panel reads "Our lives begin to end when we are silent about what matters - MLK".
Timeline
Mural style street art of a timeline beginning with Slavery and ending with the death of George Floyd. The center of the timeline includes a quote, "Education is the passport to the future for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare it today".
The Fight For Justice Sustains You | Bringing Back Bowery
Mid-size pink squares, separated into an even white grid and marked randomly with vertical red lines, build the background of this piece. Yellow text shadows the light turquoise lettering outlined in black. The text reads: "There is no justice in…
Injustice Anywhere Is A Threat To Justice Everywhere | Bringing Back Bowery
A portrait of a Black person emerges from a slab of plywood painted with lime green and deep purple. The person's face, as a focal point to the work, is framed by hair that appears to have been created with collaged paper fragments, creating a halo…
Language of the Unheard
Graffiti in black paint on plywood reading "A riot is the language of the unheard. MLK"
Voices of our Youth
A large wall of plywood painted with quotes and text in colored squares and rectangles. Text includes "Silence is Violence," "George Floyd," and "Black Lives Always Mattered." Quote from MLK Jr. is included
MLK Quotes and Flowers Mural
Three panels:
The first with a red poppy in the corner and "Don't be silent about things that matter. - MLK Jr."
The second with two yellow flowers in the corner and "George Floyd. "We have decided to stick with love. MLK Jr."
The third with…
The first with a red poppy in the corner and "Don't be silent about things that matter. - MLK Jr."
The second with two yellow flowers in the corner and "George Floyd. "We have decided to stick with love. MLK Jr."
The third with…