Protester and portraits

Creator

Ari Stephens and students from PiM Arts High School

Title

Protester and portraits

Coverage

Hennepin Avenue & Calhoun Square, Minneapolis, MN, USA

Description

A Black woman with flowers in her hair raises her fist and wears a shirt that says "MELANIN." She also wears a face mask. Images on the wall are labeled with the names of Black men and women who were killed by the police (Garner, Taylor, Rice, Castile, Floyd).

Source

The piece was completed on June 3-4. The piece next to this mural, reading "I am not a threat," was painted by @SplitNymph.

In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic and stay-at-home orders, many protesters thought carefully about the public health risks of protesting. The use of face masks and social distancing was common.

Rights

Ari Stephens

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Publisher

Urban Art Mapping Research Project

Date

2020-06-06

Contributor

HS

Identifier

UAM-GF_0053

Original Format

Mural