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The City of Ann Arbor is seeking proposals for a mural that encapsulates the city’s bicentennial celebration. WEMU’s Taylor Bowie has more.
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The unveiling of a memorial mural, honoring those lost to gun violence in our community, will take place at 10am Saturday at Corner Health Center in Ypsilanti. In this second part of an anti-violence conversation, WEMU's David Fair sat down with three area residents: 16-year-old DeShawn Chambers is a 16-year-old student and it is his mural design that will be unveiled to. Artist Curtis Wallace is the one who actually created the memorial mural. And Mary Smith-Phillips is a grieving grandmother. Her 18-year-old grandson, LeRonte Benion-Phillips, will be among the names memorialized at the unveiling.
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Gun violence is pervasive in America. Washtenaw County has more than its fair share. In the first of a two-part anti-violence conversation, WEMU's David Fair gets together with Community Violence Intervention Team members, sheriff's deputy Derrick Jackson and Washtenaw My Brother's Keeper project specialist Jamall Bufford.
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A new Black Lives Matter mural was painted in Ann Arbor's Gallup Park on Saturday. WEMU’s Josh Hakala was there.
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Survivors Speak, a social justice organization will get some help from residents to paint a mural in Ann Arbor on Saturday. WEMU’s Josh Hakala has a preview.
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Since June 2021, two Black Lives Matter murals adorned downtown Ypsilanti and Riverside Park. The idea was to inspire community unity in the call for an…
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Gary Horton, originally from Ann Arbor, moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1996 to study fine art and design at the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. This is…
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On the pavement at the intersection of Main and Liberty in downtown Ann Arbor, there is a very large mural as part of an initiative by the Ann Arbor DDA…
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The Ann Arbor District Library is commissioning a Black Lives Matter mural. A four-member community juror panel will help select the winning entry later…
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The Ann Arbor Art Center plans to add 10 new murals in the downtown area. The center has partnered with local business owners to transform their outside…