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Black Artists Revitalize the Streets of Detroit With a Colorful Mural Festival

The City of Detroit’s North End just got a whole lot more colorful. And that’s all thanks to BLKOUT Walls—a mural festival led by Black artists—which launched its inaugural event back in July. Taking place over the course of a week, the festival brought a diverse group of local and visiting artists to work their magic on Detroit’s city streets. Now that all is said and done, more than 20 new murals grace the walls around the North End area, beautifying underutilized spaces throughout the neighborhood. These artworks bring with them the hopes that they will reinvigorate the district and “be the seed of an arts-based economic development, or creative economy” within the community.

Mural by Max Sansing and ProBlak for BLKOUT Walls.

Work-in-progress by Sydney G. James for BLKOUT Walls. (With assistance from Max Sansing, Ijania Cortez, Sterling Toles, Birdcap, and Detour.)

'Espíritu Del Mar' by Victor Quiñonez (aka Marka27).

Originally created as the flagship artwork for the Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans program in Boston, Massachusetts.

24" x 24" fine art print on Canson Aquarelle 310gsm museum-grade archival paper with deckled edges, in a signed and numbered limited edition of 50 for $100.

On sale now through PangeaSeed. Proceeds from this print will go to help power PangeaSeed Foundation's global ARTivism efforts and the artists who dedicate their time and talent to their cause.

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‘Espiritu Del Mar’