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 artist's signature, Ben Keller '21, is written in white paint in the lower right corner.
Benjamin Keller (@benkellerct)
The first, and one of 39 Martin Luther King, Jr. themed murals a group of artists and @ctmurals hopes to bring to 39 communities across Connecticut for each year of King's life by MLK Day 2022.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Creator: Benjamin Keller (@benkellerct)
Photographer: Quajay Donnell (@qua.jay)
UAM-GF_2793
110 Cedar Street, Manchester, Connecticut, United States
Representative John Lewis
A memorial tribute portrait of Civil Rights activist John Lewis, as he looked later in life, within a brick arch on a building. The portrait is vivid in its hyperrealism, with tones of blue and green alongside the black-and-white. The background is a mix of pale yellow, shades of blue, and a wash of red. The artist's signature, ARCY, is painted in the bottom right corner in white paint.
ARCY (@arcyart)
John Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in July 2020.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Creator: ARCY (@arcyart)
Photographer: Quajay Donnell (@qua.jay)
UAM-GF_2792
110 Cedar Street, Manchester, CT, United States
John Lewis, Civil Rights Activist
A black-and-white portrait of John Lewis as a young man, mid-speech, surrounded by a community of his peers.
Darius Dennis (@72and10), Ephraim Gebre (@akbar.paints), Jared Diaz (@artbydiaz), Daniel Harrington (@danieljbueno)
John Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in July 2020.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Creators: Darius Dennis (@72and10), Ephraim Gebre (@akbar.paints), Jared Diaz (@artbydiaz), Daniel Harrington (@danieljbueno)
Photographer: Rachel Ann Shipman (@rachelannshipman)
Courtesy of: Quajay Donnell (@qua.jay)
UAM-GF_2791
Rochester, New York, United States
John Lewis // Good Trouble
A black-and-white portrait of the late Congressman and Civil Rights activist John Lewis as a young man, his face intense in thought, wearing a white short sleeve shirt and dark tie. The background behind him is a wash of pale yellow with abstract red, blue, and green details. The words "Good Trouble" are written in simple, fully-capitalized block lettering to Lewis' left (viewer's right).
Edreys Wajed (@edreys)
John Lewis (February 21, 1940 – July 17, 2020) served in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district from 1987 until his death in July 2020.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Creator: Edreys Wajed (@edreys)
Photographer: Quajay Donnell (@qua.jay)
UAM-GF_2790
385 Paderewski Dr, Buffalo, New York, United States 14212
Love Black Girls // Love Black Boys
Two all-black profiles face each other, the left feminized by lengthened eyelashes in comparison to that of the right. Both profiles feature a thick white outline, defining their curly hair. The text overlaying the left profile reads: "Love Black Girls Even When They Become Women" in bold, fully-capitalized lettering of various sizes. The text overlaying the right profile reads: "Love Black Boys Even When They Become Men" in the same style.
Edreys Wajed (@edreys) and James "Yames" Moffitt (@yames_cat)
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Creator: Edreys Wajed (@edreys) and James "Yames" Moffitt (@yames_cat)
Photographer: Quajay Donnell (@qua.jay)
UAM-GF_2778
65 Allen Street, Buffalo, New York, United States, 14202
Black Lives Matter
On the gothic stone facade of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, a large yellow poster with a black border reads "BLACK LIVES MATTER" in fully-capitalized bold font.
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Photographer: Quajay Donnell (@qua.jay)
UAM-GF_2777
500 University Ave., Rochester, New York, United States 14607
George Floyd // Black Lives Matter
Two wheat-paste posters displayed side-by-side on power transformers. The poster to the left features a pop-art stylized image of George Floyd, while the poster to the right bears the fully-capitalized words "BLACK LIVES MATTER" in bold white lettering on a simple black backdrop. Both wheatpastes feature clear weathering, with slight fraying to the Floyd portrait and a larger interior tear to the BLM poster.
@dellarious
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Creator: @dellarious
Photographer: Quajay Donnell (@qua.jay)
UAM-GF_2776
Rochester, New York, United States
Black Lives Built This COUNTRY
A white wall bears the sentence, divided into separate rows, as follows:
"Black Lives
Built This
COUNTRY"
The words "Black Lives" are painted in black cursive, while the following line "Built This" is painted in green cursive. The final line, "COUNTRY" is written in bold, fully-capitalized lettering. All words feature blue accent linework.
Athesia Benjamin (@tisha.b.art)
Urban Art Mapping Research Project
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Creator: Athesia Benjamin (@tisha.b.art)
Photographer: Quajay Donnell (@qua.jay)
UAM-GF_2775
280 N Union St, Rochester, New York, United States, 14609-6014