A police officer in riot gear stands in front of a Black child who is sitting on the ground. The child holds a yellow flower up to the police officer. On the ground, is a red heart with "BLM" written inside. Around the heart are blue and yellow flowers.
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Crosslegged, the child has short curly hair and is dressed simply in an all-white short sleeve shirt and shorts. On the ground near the child's right hand are multiple crayons, which the child has used to draw flowers and a heart that reads "BLM" for Black Lives Matter. The crayons and the child's drawings offer the only pop of color in the image. The child extends their left hand up, offering to the police officer a hand drawn yellow flower with a simple green stem.]]>2023-06-16T16:01:53-04:00
Title
Flowers for the Future
Coverage
3800 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407
Description
On an all-white background, the poster depicts a black-and-white illustration of a Black child seated to the left and a white police officer in full riot gear to the right.
Crosslegged, the child has short curly hair and is dressed simply in an all-white short sleeve shirt and shorts. On the ground near the child's right hand are multiple crayons, which the child has used to draw flowers and a heart that reads "BLM" for Black Lives Matter. The crayons and the child's drawings offer the only pop of color in the image. The child extends their left hand up, offering to the police officer a hand drawn yellow flower with a simple green stem.
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A yellow and red mural reading "Earth Medicine." The next is an abstract burst of blues, purples, and browns. The center of the burst is yellow and contains a quote by Assata Shakur, "It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win." The third is a red flower-like painting with the phrase "We must love each other & support each other." The final mural features another flower-like painting in greens, blues, purples, and yellows with another quote by Assata Shakur, "We have nothing to lose but our chains."
The Medicine Wheel painting is by Erik Newberg; the other paintings are by Chelsey Luciow]]>2023-06-16T16:02:03-04:00
Creator
Chelsey Luciow, Erik Newberg
Title
Four Messages of Hope
Coverage
2215 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Description
Four separate messages of hope. From left to right:
A yellow and red mural reading "Earth Medicine." The next is an abstract burst of blues, purples, and browns. The center of the burst is yellow and contains a quote by Assata Shakur, "It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win." The third is a red flower-like painting with the phrase "We must love each other & support each other." The final mural features another flower-like painting in greens, blues, purples, and yellows with another quote by Assata Shakur, "We have nothing to lose but our chains."
The Medicine Wheel painting is by Erik Newberg; the other paintings are by Chelsey Luciow
Source
South Hennepin County Human Service Center
Also documented on 04/22/2021 (Items #2568, #2578, #2566)
Flower made up of green squiggly stem and a blue circle at the top. Red text reading, "George Floyd" inside the circle. Beside it is a blue bicycle, with a green seat and matching filled in tires. More flowers, one with a red stem and yellow petals, and one with a green stem and yellow petals, are underneath red text reading "BLM."
"George Floyd Remembered" written in blue, red, and black, in different styles including calligraphy and bubble letters. A flower and a heart are painted below the word "Remembered."
On a black background, four Black people are surrounded by yellow, pink, and orange flowers. Towards the bottom of the mural, a large trans flag is painted with the white in the middle placed by black. Over top of the flag in all caps, white text reads, "BLACK TRANS LIVES MATTER".
Stenciled word "Hope" painted in black, red, silver, and brown paint. The background is white with yellow and red flowers.
Source
Midtown Global Market According to a statement on Instagram by the artist, the murals were "designed to invite the community an opportunity to experience the artwork and along them to process grief in nonviolent way."
A spray-painted plywood panel reads "Just Love!" Next to this says "Black Lives Matter" Someone has come in an attempted to write "ALL" over "Black". In addition, this board includes a read heart and inside the heart reads "Justice for JACOB" in response to police shooting Jacob Blake.