Seven local muralists gathered in downtown Boulder during the fall to create original works for a series called Celebrating Colorado’s Black Street Artists. The series was produced by the nonprofit arts organization Street Wise Arts in collaboration with the Museum of Boulder’s newest exhibit, Proclaiming Colorado’s Black History, which is on display through September 2025.
The muralists include Yazz Atmore, Jahna Rae, Rob Hill, Marcus Murray, Devin “Speaks” Urioste, Jasmine Holmes-Piesco and Selah Laurel. And come spring 2024, Thomas Evans (aka Detour) will join the list of accomplished artists when he paints the eighth and final mural of the series.
The collaboration between Street Wise Arts and the Museum of Boulder stemmed from a parallel trajectory by the two organizations. Street Wise was busy planning its newest mural festival, which was focused on highlighting local Black artists, while the Museum of Boulder was in the midst of its two-year project, creating an interactive, immersive, multi-disciplinary exhibit about the Black experience in Boulder.
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