{"id":87697,"date":"2020-08-05T14:06:34","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T19:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/?p=87697"},"modified":"2020-08-17T14:25:12","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T19:25:12","slug":"uptown-dons-a-black-lives-matter-mural-through-local-artist-collaboration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/uptown-dons-a-black-lives-matter-mural-through-local-artist-collaboration\/","title":{"rendered":"Local Artists in Uptown Collaborate to Create a Black Lives Matter Mural"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This last weekend marked the first-ever <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/exploreuptown.org\/uptown-art-weekend\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uptown Art Weekend<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a free event featuring over 100 pieces of public art including new works up on neighborhood walls, local businesses hosting art exhibits, live paintings, and interactive art activities for all ages. The event ran from Friday, July 31st through Sunday, August 2nd. Completed on Sunday, local Chicago artists collaborated with Heart &amp; Bone to complete a massive \u201cBlack Lives Matter\u201d mural along the 4700 block of North Clifton Avenue in Uptown of Chicago, situated between Broadway and Lawrence Avenue.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87710\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87710\" style=\"width: 1440px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-87710 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BLM1.jpg\" alt=\"uptown black lives matter mural\" width=\"1440\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BLM1.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BLM1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BLM1-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BLM1-1170x658.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BLM1-842x474.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BLM1-406x228.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/BLM1-270x152.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87710\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Carson Cloud<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eighteen Chicago artists worked together to create this piece of Black Lives Matter artwork,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with each of the 16 letters in the slogan worked on by a different artist collective or individual artist. The initial outline of the letters was sketched by Heart &amp; Bone, a Chicago painting duo. Once the lettering was sketched out, the other artists went to work on the blank canvas of the letters to add their own style and flair.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87715\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87715\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87715\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Uptown-Art-Weekend.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Uptown-Art-Weekend.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Uptown-Art-Weekend-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Uptown-Art-Weekend-370x208.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Uptown-Art-Weekend-842x474.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Uptown-Art-Weekend-406x228.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Uptown-Art-Weekend-270x152.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87715\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Though the Black Lives Matter mural in Chicago\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was completed during Uptown Art Weekend\u2019s inaugural weekend, the mural itself wasn\u2019t actually a scheduled part of the weekend. Uptown United business district manager Justin Weidl aided the artists in finding the right spot for the mural to be displayed. Kelsey McClellan, part of Heart &amp; Bone and someone who helped push the mural project forward, noted in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/blockclubchicago.org\/2020\/08\/04\/black-lives-matter-mural-painted-by-18-artists-takes-over-uptown-street\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a Block Club Chicago interview<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> how important it was that the Black Lives Matter mural was put in a visible place.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87718\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87718\" style=\"width: 1208px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-87718 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Heart-Bone.jpg\" alt=\"uptown black lives matter mural\" width=\"1208\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Heart-Bone.jpg 1208w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Heart-Bone-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Heart-Bone-370x261.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Heart-Bone-842x595.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Heart-Bone-406x287.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1208px) 100vw, 1208px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87718\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Heart &amp; Bone<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Black Lives Matter artwork in Chicago was financed completely by the artists, all of whom volunteered their time to complete the mural within the weekend. On Saturday, the mural lettering was sketched, and the artists arrived later in the day to fill in the letters. By Sunday, the final touches were done. \u201cThey went for it, and we\u2019re glad they did, because it\u2019s beautiful. We hope it\u2019s there as long as possible,\u201d said Weidl.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_87722\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-87722\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-87722\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Christopher-Michel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Christopher-Michel.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Christopher-Michel-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Christopher-Michel-391x260.jpg 391w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Christopher-Michel-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Christopher-Michel-842x561.jpg 842w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Christopher-Michel-406x271.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-87722\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Christopher Michel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">July marked the debut of the first Black Lives Matter street mural in Chicago, this last weekend\u2019s mural becoming the latest installation to join the support of Black Lives Matter movement street art around the country throughout the protests against systemic racism and asking for accountability from community leaders, especially police forces. The iconic slogan for the movement, \u201cBlack Lives Matter,\u201d has also been painted with large visibility in New York City and Washington, D.C.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_61455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-61455\" style=\"width: 681px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61455\" src=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83395726_1406401586230637_7459007627800870912_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83395726_1406401586230637_7459007627800870912_n.jpg 681w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83395726_1406401586230637_7459007627800870912_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83395726_1406401586230637_7459007627800870912_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83395726_1406401586230637_7459007627800870912_n-370x370.jpg 370w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83395726_1406401586230637_7459007627800870912_n-110x110.jpg 110w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83395726_1406401586230637_7459007627800870912_n-406x406.jpg 406w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83395726_1406401586230637_7459007627800870912_n-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/83395726_1406401586230637_7459007627800870912_n-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-61455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Credit: Some Like It Black<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">View Black-Owned Businesses to Support in Chicago<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Looking for more ways to support the Black community? View our list of Black-owned businesses to support in the city.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"vc_general vc_btn3 vc_btn3-size-md vc_btn3-shape-square vc_btn3-style-flat vc_btn3-block vc_btn3-color-primary\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/urbanmatter.com\/chicago\/best-black-owned-bars-and-restaurants-in-chicago\/\">View Black-Owned Businesses to Support in Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe wanted to show support for the movement, and this is the best way we know how. We\u2019re really glad to have participated, and excited with how beautifully it turned out,\u201d said McClellan. \u201cAll around it was a really positive experience. We\u2019d like it to last as long as it can.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Have you seen the Uptown Black Lives Matter mural yet? Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At UrbanMatter, U Matter. 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