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Four Messages of Hope
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…
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…
Tags: Abstract, Assata Shakur, Chelsey Luciow, Erik Newberg, flower, Hope, Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Mural, Painting, Plywood, plywood panel, quote, Twin Cities, USA
The World is Ours
A mural depicting a Black woman in a flowing blue dress. She has gold hoop earrings that echo the halo encircling her head. Dripping flowers in oranges, yellow, and pink surround her. The words "The World is Ours" are floating to the right of the…
BLM Aqal (Somali hut)
This vibrant panel depicts an aqal (Somali home), inscribed with text reading Black Lives Matter.
Fred Hampton & John T. Williams mural
A large mural focused on portraits of two men. On the left is John T. Williams, a seventh-generation Native woodcarver who was shot and killed by Seattle police on August 10, 2010. On the right is Black Panther activist Fred Hampton, who was…
Say Their Names, 2011-2012 | Bringing Back Bowery
The eye is immediately drawn to the rightmost edge of the plywood panel, where two large brown eyes emerge from a vivd red background. Underneath the eyes, budding trees are surrounded by discarded guns pointing upwards toward the sky.
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George Floyd Matters
On a black background, a hyperrealistic color portrait of George Floyd. His sweatshirt is covered with abstract paint smears blending together in shades of red, white and blue. Floyd's face and hair are outlined with sketchy black streaks. Overlaid…
True Peace
Plywood covering the windows of Ingebretsen's Scandinavian Gifts & Foods decorated with a quote attributed to Martin Luther King Jr.: "TRUE PEACE IS NOT MERELY THE ABSENCE OF TENSION, IT IS THE PRESENCE OF JUSTICE. - MLK"
Tags: Graffiti, Justice, Martin Luther King, May 2020, Minneapolis, Minnesota, MLK, Peace, plywood panel, quote, Twin Cities, United States
How it Feels to Be Black Here Right Now #1
Painted plywood on store front with text on yellow background reading "Black Like the Night Sky After Too Much Blood Has Been Spilled and Systems are Scorched."
Tags: June 2020, Letters, Minnesota, plywood panel, quote, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Tish Jones, Twin Cities, United States
How It Feels to Be Black Here Right Now #2
Painted plywood on store front with text on yellow background reading "An except from 'You Keep Asking Me How It Feels to Be Black Here, Now' - by Tish Jones."
Tags: June 2020, Letters, Minnesota, plywood panel, quote, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Tish Jones, Twin Cities
How It Feels to Be Black Here Right Now #3
Painted plywood on store front with text on yellow background reading "Black like aspen roots - the connection runs deeper than the U.S. thought. - words by Tish Jones."
Tags: June 2020, Letters, Minnesota, plywood panel, quote, Saint Paul, St. Paul, Tish Jones, Twin Cities