Mural installation by Nikki Barber extended through 2020
“This has to stop. This has gone on for hundreds of years and it has to stop,” Pastor Kenneth Isabell said in his opening prayer at the third anniversary of Charleena Lyles’ murder June 19, 2020. Three years ago, Seattle police Officers Steven McNew and Jason Anderson shot Lyles seven times after she called 911 on a Sunday morning to report a burglary at her apartment. Charleena Lyles lived just a few short miles from the League’s studios. Her murder still has not been investigated.
This summer, amidst Black Lives Matter protests, the League’s printmaking instructor Nikki Barber installed a mural honoring Charleena Lyles on the North side of our studio. The mural was in support of the Black Lives protests and was scheduled to be replaced with another transitional mural September 1, 2020.
Recent news about more police shootings of Black people have us outraged and in grief. In response, the League’s building owner has extended the mural until the end of the year.
We are more committed than ever in our efforts to build greater equity, diversity, and inclusion in the arts. As we work to support each student’s creative potential, we also value each life and every creative act, as it enriches us all.
This post is an example of it’s own point about how art is changed by frequency, constant inflow, and connectivity. I’m putting this blog post out before the ink dries, without fact checking, thoughts still unresolved. I’ve that itch that says I didn’t finish getting the gunk out of the wrinkles in my own ideas. But I’m publishing …
I’d like to tell you about the most unusual art class I’ve ever been a part of, a class called “Figure in Interior.” “Figure in Interior” sounds normal enough, but this class was anything but normal. I specially designed this Thursday series of Intermediate Studio to shift the artist’s focus away from illustrating the scene …
According to her website, Carol Marine was showing in 7 galleries, but still not making a living on her artwork. In addition, since art school she thought paintings had to be big, and that was causing her a lot of misery. After adopting her baby son, she had no time for painting, but when her …
Black Lives Matter mural extended through 2020
“This has to stop. This has gone on for hundreds of years and it has to stop,” Pastor Kenneth Isabell said in his opening prayer at the third anniversary of Charleena Lyles’ murder June 19, 2020. Three years ago, Seattle police Officers Steven McNew and Jason Anderson shot Lyles seven times after she called 911 on a Sunday morning to report a burglary at her apartment. Charleena Lyles lived just a few short miles from the League’s studios. Her murder still has not been investigated.
This summer, amidst Black Lives Matter protests, the League’s printmaking instructor Nikki Barber installed a mural honoring Charleena Lyles on the North side of our studio. The mural was in support of the Black Lives protests and was scheduled to be replaced with another transitional mural September 1, 2020.
Recent news about more police shootings of Black people have us outraged and in grief. In response, the League’s building owner has extended the mural until the end of the year.
We are more committed than ever in our efforts to build greater equity, diversity, and inclusion in the arts. As we work to support each student’s creative potential, we also value each life and every creative act, as it enriches us all.
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