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Artist Lucas Stock at the helm of the Mt. Oliver Project

]Artist Lucas Stock at the helm of the Mt. Oliver Project.

The Mt. Olver wall receives a nice coat of primer.

The Mt. Olver wall receives a nice coat of primer.

"The wall is complete and supplies are put away for the day's work.The wall is complete and supplies are put away for the day's work.

Ornsby Park gets a makeover.

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Vannessa Germain shares her creative input with the group.

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Getting ready to play back the newest acquired footage.

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Kyle Holbrook makes suggestions for the crew working on the movie this year.

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The movie so far looks GREAT!

Lucas "L Dog" Stock- Mural Rap from MLK Mural Project on Vimeo.

MLK Community Project Orientation 2009 from MLK Mural Project on Vimeo.

This is where the MLK Community Mural Project comes to life.

This is where the MLK Community Mural Project comes to life.Random artwork from MLK affiliated artists adorns the walls.

Artwork from MLK artist Kristoffer Smith adorns the walls.

The groundwork for this year's mural cycle gets laid down here.

The groundwork for this year's mural cycle gets laid down here.

The future site of one of the many murals we will be doing this year at Dance Alloy TheaterThe mural design for Dance Alloy is talked about by it's participants.

The mural design for Dance Alloy is talked about by it's participants.

 

Select artwork displayed courtesy of Kelly Blevins

Photo courtesy of Temisan Adoki

Kristina DiGiovanni assists incoming prospects for this years mural cycle.

Edward Rawson talks to this year's prospects about the key goals of the program.

Kyle Holbrook makes critical points about this year's goals to the audience.

Vanessa Germain recites a moving poem with the audience.

 

The MLK Community Mural Project is for Pittsburgh the biggest and brightest art venture in the city’s history, with murals scheduled to cover 26 walls throughout the city and already engaging hundreds of Pittsburgh’s biggest and brightest residents. Currently, we’ve produced more than a dozen murals along the MLK East Busway, spanning eight neighborhoods. The dimensions are larger than life. The colors are purposefully vivid and visually stimulating. The images are jazzy and abstract. The narratives painted are of great historical significance. Most importantly, we are developing the vast artistic and intellectual wealth represented by our gifted Pittsburgh youth. Many of Pittsburgh’s most legendary artists have come forth to mentor dozens of Pittsburgh teens and their families in the production and tremendous value of public art as a way of strengthening communities. Kids learn about the historic figures and events of their neighborhoods and then translate what they learn into beautiful organic images on the walls. This blog will serve as a communication point and source of information for all of those involved in the project for this year. The blog will feature many things such as pictures of upcoming projects, videos of the projects, and words from the artists involved in the mural themselves. In doing this, we hope to give the people out there reading this blog a more in depth idea of what goes on behind the scenes to make such a large undertaking happen. As well, this blog will serve to better explain to the public the benefit of the arts in the lives of young people.