Public Art Projects
Mural by Nina Oteria (Venmo: @ninaofoster): "black flowers blooming, look in your mirror: it's ME, unending love: Change. your neighbor is YOU. remember? touch through the dream. Black love changes all."
"Imagine a world without police" mural by artists Marcella Camara (Venmo: @marcelladc) and Derrick Beasley (Cash App: $beasleycashapp).
Through the Downtown Durham Mural Project, NorthStar commissioned Black artists to create beauty from ashes. Artists painted the plywood that boarded businesses downtown in the wake of the protests in support of racial justice in the summer of 2020. Learn more about this partnership with the Nasher Museum at Duke University and view more murals via their website. Read more about the artists and support their work in the image captions.
"A change will come, No justice no peace, Black lives matter," mural by Mack Wilson-Leigh
"Every little thing is gonna be alright" mural by A.Yoni Jeffries (Cash App: $awaruhi)
Out for a morning walk, a Durhamite snaps photos of the mural on Main Street (left) by Whitney Stanley (Venmo: @whitney-stanley).
LEFT: "Black Durham storefront mural" by Dare Kumolu-Johnson (Venmo: @dkj51v). RIGHT: "We are royalty" mural by Au’Dasia Newsome (Venmo: @audasia-newsome)
"Time does not heal all wounds" mural by Megan Bowser (Venmo: @sunandbone)
Construct mural by Michelle Gonzalez Green. (Venmo: @mggartlife) (PayPal: paypal.me/michellegg584)