O-H-I-O

Derrick Callendar II @derrickcan.draw

O-H-I-O

Columbus, Ohio, USA

This mural has four large, neon colored hands forming the letters "O-H-I-O" in ASL. Around the hands are clouds, stars, planets, a heart, and a rocket ship.

From artist's IG:

"So I got the opportunity to paint this wonderful mural over the weekend, ive been out there for 4 days straight watching our community fighting so hard to uplift everyone around them and help people become more aware.
I chose to paint the words
O-H-I-O
In sign language because shows the amount of silence our community has been towards these issues. And we’re all the same aliens living in the same universe 🌍
Thank you so much to Huntington #board41 for commissioning me this project. This is just the start definitely more to come 🙏🏾 If you haven’t please go check out my mural and all the other beautiful artwork at:
41 South High street ✨"

From the contributor: "My wife and I went downtown to photograph the protest art as we knew that it would not last (for a variety of reasons). The military was still on the streets, a curfew was still in place, and police were still assaulting innocent protestors. Columbus is the capitol of Ohio, so much of this was around the capitol building."

Contributor: Scott S. Lawski
Artist: Derrick Callendar II @DerrickCan.Draw

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