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Ann Arbor officials are seeking artists to help celebrate an historic Black neighborhood in the city. WEMU’s Ana Longoria has the story.

Installation of a new art mural at Liberty Plaza in Ann Arbor begins today. It’s part of the city’s "Elevate Program." As WEMU's Caroline MacGregor reports, it's an effort to enhance the downtown Ann Arbor experience.

Downtown Saline has experienced its problems over the years, but there is a movement to turn the area into a destination for arts, shopping and entertainment. WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports.

The City of Ann Arbor is seeking proposals for a mural that encapsulates the city’s bicentennial celebration. WEMU’s Taylor Bowie has more.

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.

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.

A new Black Lives Matter mural was painted in Ann Arbor's Gallup Park on Saturday. WEMU’s Josh Hakala was there.

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.

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…

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…