Awareness through the streets
Awareness through the streets
A presentation by Arvy & Sean
A presentation by Arvy & Sean
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As a team we have created this webpage to introduce you to art on the streets, more specifically murals and impactful paintings . We feel that murals are a great way to spread awareness. There are thousands to millions of people who pass these murals everyday, they're put up all around the world by tons of different artists. The art gives variation and different takes on the same sort of theme related to BLM, so each piece is different. This is definitely an amazing way to bring recognition to a cause outside of social media, and even on social media you can find all these different murals. So either way, murals are bringing awareness. We believe the BLM movement needs even more awareness and people must start taking more action. We hear about discrimination and racism in the news all the time and people are experiencing similar situations everyday and this needs to be stopped ASAP!
As a team we have created this webpage to introduce you to art on the streets, more specifically murals and impactful paintings . We feel that murals are a great way to spread awareness. There are thousands to millions of people who pass these murals everyday, they're put up all around the world by tons of different artists. The art gives variation and different takes on the same sort of theme related to BLM, so each piece is different. This is definitely an amazing way to bring recognition to a cause outside of social media, and even on social media you can find all these different murals. So either way, murals are bringing awareness. We believe the BLM movement needs even more awareness and people must start taking more action. We hear about discrimination and racism in the news all the time and people are experiencing similar situations everyday and this needs to be stopped ASAP!
My name is Sean and I'm a Latino Canadian and I stand for BLM because I believe there is a lot of wrong in this world and we need to change. The only way to make an impact is to work together! Growing up, I have definitely dealt with discrimination from the police and even to this day I still do. I can only imagine how the black community must feel. My connection to BLM is to have the black community's back, a lot of my family is black and this is not okay.
My name is Sean and I'm a Latino Canadian and I stand for BLM because I believe there is a lot of wrong in this world and we need to change. The only way to make an impact is to work together! Growing up, I have definitely dealt with discrimination from the police and even to this day I still do. I can only imagine how the black community must feel. My connection to BLM is to have the black community's back, a lot of my family is black and this is not okay.
My name is Arvy, I grew up in the Philippines and I am now living in Canada. As a Asian-Canadian , I have been through discrimination and racism but not as bad as the black community. I stand for the Black Lives Matter movement because I know what it feels like to be discriminated and racially profiled and I also know that the black community has endured and continues to endure worse than any other community. I believe that we should all be treated the same regardless of our skin color, origins or any other form of difference. I'm a firm believer that art can influence and change somebody's mind. I've always had a love for art because it's a different way of expressing yourself without talking. I believe that through art ( like drawing, painting , music, etc.) we can raise awareness and change people's views about the Black community and that BLACK LIVES MATTER.
My name is Arvy, I grew up in the Philippines and I am now living in Canada. As a Asian-Canadian , I have been through discrimination and racism but not as bad as the black community. I stand for the Black Lives Matter movement because I know what it feels like to be discriminated and racially profiled and I also know that the black community has endured and continues to endure worse than any other community. I believe that we should all be treated the same regardless of our skin color, origins or any other form of difference. I'm a firm believer that art can influence and change somebody's mind. I've always had a love for art because it's a different way of expressing yourself without talking. I believe that through art ( like drawing, painting , music, etc.) we can raise awareness and change people's views about the Black community and that BLACK LIVES MATTER.
Black Lives Matter Murals
Black Lives Matter Murals
BLM Street
BLM Street
This is one of many streets that have been painted with Black Lives matter , this is a great way to spread awareness because a lot of the streets that have been painted are very popular.
Breonna Taylor
Breonna Taylor
In an aerial view from a drone, a ground mural depicting Breonna Taylor with the text 'Black Lives Matter' is seen being painted at Chambers Park on July 5, 2020 in Annapolis, Maryland. Breonna was born on June 5, 1993 in Michigan. She was raised by her mother and her boyfriend in Kentucky. Taylor briefly attended the University of Kentucky, and then became an Emergency Medical Technician for the city of Louisville. Taylor desired to become a nurse, but her dreams were cut short when she was gunned down in her own home by police officers.
On the night of March 13, 2020, Breonna and her boyfriend were asleep when 3 officers from Louisville Metro Police , stormed into the apartment. Taylor’s boyfriend Walker, thinking this was a home invasion robbery, fired one shot in self-defense. One officer was hit in the leg, and in response, the other officers opened fire, releasing more than twenty rounds into the apartment. Taylor was shot eight times and collapsed in the hallway of her apartment. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The officer was arrested for attempted homicide but was later released before all charges were dropped.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/06/us/breonna-taylor-louisville-trnd/index.html
George Floyd
George Floyd
Artist Shane Grammer’s mural in the Melrose Avenue area in Los Angeles , California memorializes George Floyd. George Perry Floyd, born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and raised in the Third Ward of Houston, Texas. In 2014, he moved to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area. He resided in the nearby suburb of St. Louis Park, he was a frequent customer at his local convenience store The Cup Foods, in south Minneapolis. Floyd had five children, including two daughters (aged 6 and 22 at the time of his death), an adult son and he also had two grandchildren.
On the evening of May 25, 2020, at about 8:00 pm, Floyd purchased cigarettes at Cup Foods, a grocery store in Minneapolis. A store employee believed Floyd had paid with a counterfeit $20 bill. Employees of the store approached Floyd while he was in his vehicle and demanded that Floyd return the cigarettes, he refused. A store employee called the police to report that Floyd had passed "fake bills", was "awfully drunk", and "not in control of himself". While being detained, officer Derek Chauvin got aggressive and kneeled on his neck for 9 minutes to hold George down which ultimately led to his death. George stated many times he could not breathe but the officer showed no sympathy. The officer is now free on bail.
Stephon Clark
Stephon Clark
This mural is located in Downtown Sacramento. The Clark family held an event at the mural Wednesday as part of a remembrance celebration for Stephon. Stephon Clark born on August 10, 1995 an African American, graduated from Sacramento High School in 2013, where he was on the football team. According to The Los Angeles Times, Clark lived in a "tough neighborhood" characterized by tense relations with the Sacramento Police Department.
On the night of March 18th 2018, officers were responding to a call about a person breaking car windows at night, when a Sacramento County sheriff’s helicopter led officers to Clark, who began to run away. Stephon was in his grandmother's backyard until two responding officers believed he was armed and fired 20 rounds at Clark. Investigators later discovered Clark was holding a cellphone. The Sacramento Police Department cleared Officers Terrence Mercadal and Jared Robinet, who fatally shot Stephon Clark in March 2018, saying they did not violate department policy or training.
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2020/03/18/stephon-clark-mural-downtown/
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks
This mural is located in the Northwest corner of Grand River in Detroit by the artist SINTEX. Rosa Louise McCauley born on February 4, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. Her parents, James and Leona McCauley, separated when Parks was two. Both of Parks' grandparents were formerly enslaved and strong advocates for racial equality; the family lived on the Edwards' farm, where Parks would spend her childhood. Parks' childhood brought her early experiences with racial discrimination and activism for racial equality. In one experience, Parks' grandfather stood in front of their house with a shotgun while Ku Klux Klan members marched down the street.
On December 1, 1955, Parks was arrested for refusing a bus driver's instructions to give up her seat to a white passenger. She later recalled that her refusal wasn't because she was physically tired, but that she was tired of giving in. Her bravery led to nationwide efforts to end racial segregation. Parks was awarded the Martin Luther King Jr. Award by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. On October 24, 2005 ,Rosa Parks died of natural causes at the age of 92, in her apartment on the east side of Detroit.
Trayvon Martin
Trayvon Martin
Trayvon Benjamin Martin was born in Florida on February 5, 1995. Martin attended many public schools in Florida. Martin spent his third high school suspension visiting his father, whom he was close to in a gated community, The Retreat at Twin Lakes in Sanford, Florida. In response to a high number of robberies and burglaries, the residents of the community established a neighborhood watch in September 2011. George Zimmerman, one of the residents, was selected as the program coordinator. He regularly patrolled the streets and was licensed to carry a firearm. From August 2011 to February 2012, Zimmerman had called police several times to state he had seen individuals whom he had deemed as suspicious. All of the reported figures were Black males.
On the evening of February 26, Zimmerman saw Martin, who had left the house to purchase Skittles and iced tea. From his SUV, Zimmerman called the police department to report a "suspicious guy," walking between homes and starting to run. The dispatcher told Zimmerman not to get out of his car and follow Martin, with Zimmerman disregarding instructions and pursuing the teen. Trayvon was on the phone with his girlfriend when he was spotted by Zimmerman. She stated that Martin noticed that he was being followed by someone and he began to run. Martin and Zimmerman, encountered each other in circumstances that have remained mysterious and conflicted, with someone calling out for help multiple times in a short time span. The confrontation ended with Zimmerman shooting the unarmed teenager in the chest. Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder. But later in 2014 George was released due to the fact that there was not sufficient evidence that Zimmerman intentionally violated the civil rights of Martin. Trayvon Martin’s death sparked a movement that lives on still to this day, and that is #BLACKLIVESMATTER.
https://www.insideedition.com/gallery/the-art-of-the-protest-60756/trayvon-martin-2356
Here's a video of the White house street being painted with BLM in the United States
Here's a video of the White house street being painted with BLM in the United States
Here's a video of an artist (XXXTENTACION) with a powerful message.
Here's a video of an artist (XXXTENTACION) with a powerful message.
We thought we'd show you how art can have a huge impact especially for the BLM movement. So, there are so many ways to be creative and express yourself and show how you feel. Each artist has a different take on their work which can inspire other artists to be creative and pay attention to detail. Art is definitely a great way to spread awareness from painting walls to streets or even putting up personal art on social media. All these have such a great impact on the BLM movement and we can't even express how much change we need right now in these difficult times. But what we can do is stand together and have each others backs and keep spreading awareness and hope the message gets through.
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