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Local DJ Celebrated with East Village Mural
Radio DJ Makeda “Dread” Cheatom has been a local celebrity for over 25 years and now she is being honored with a larger than life mural in East Village.
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Mural Honors Local DJ
Makeda has been a staple in the community. A mural now stands in East Village dedicated to her.
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Vibrant, Colorful Mural Unveiled at New Children's Museum
A colorful, brilliant new mural will be unveiled Thursday at the New Children’s Museum that has a fitting name – “Energized.”
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Chicano Artists Fight To Save Logan Heights Murals
Several mural artists gathered in Logan Heights Wednesday to ask the San Diego Unified School District for a chance to recreate historic murals threatened by the construction of a new campus. The SDUSD is in the process of building its new K -12 center, the Logan Memorial Educational Campus. While the demolition of some buildings is necessary to create the…
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Chicano Artists Fight To Save Logan Heights Murals
San Diego Chicano artists are calling attention to a construction project going on at a new San Diego Unified K-12 center after one of their murals was demolished, reports NBC 7’s Melissa Adan.
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Mural Highlights Dolly Parton's Black Lives Matter Quote
Tourists are flocking to Nashville to see a new mural of Dolly Parton that celebrates her position on Black Lives Matter.
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Local Mural Project to Deter Graffiti Becomes Place of Inspiration During Pandemic
An art project meant to help stop graffiti in the City Heights community has become a place for artists to inspire people and offer them hope. The non-profit Love City Heights has completed its 25th mural near or along University Avenue. It’s located in the parking lot behind the Super Cocina Mexican restaurant. Married couple, Sunny and Russ Finch...
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City Heights Mural Project Inspires Hope
NBC 7’s Jackie Crea spoke to one of the artists about her piece.
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Original Artist to Restore Historic Logan Heights Mural
A historic San Diego mural depicting important historical figures will be restored by the original artist and a team of artists after it was defaced.
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George Floyd Mural Brings Emotions to Surface
Nearly a week after looting, fires, and destruction in a La Mesa shopping center, people returned to the Vons grocery store which opened it’s doors Friday morning for the first time since the damage. Some of the shoppers admit to being caught off guard by the image of George Floyd, painted on plywood by a young artist. The mural...
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George Floyd Mural Brings Emotions to Surface
For the first time since it was looted last weekend, the Vons in La Mesa opened its doors to shoppers on Friday, and many people walking by a mural of George Floyd — installed to cover up damage — paused to reflect on all they’ve seen and heard over the past week. NBC 7’s Steven Luke has the story.
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Sending Champagne Wishes and … Quarantine Dreams
A San Diego muralist didn’t let a lost commission get in the way of brightening up a bland alley in La Jolla
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Dallas Artist Honors Kobe Bryant with Mural
Artist Theo Ponchevelli showed up late Sunday night to SandersFit Performance Center and began painting a mural of Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna without the owner’s permission. See why Ponchevelli felt it was the right thing to do.
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Interactive Border Wall Mural Tells Stories Of Deported
Lizbeth De La Cruz Santana returned Friday to the Mexican beach where her father entered the U.S. illegally before she was born, this time to put final touches on a mural of adults who came to the U.S. illegally as young children and were deported. Visitors who hold up their phones to the painted faces are taken to a website...
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Artist Channels Protest For Migrant Children Through Art
Frances Tulk-Hart of Rhode Island is painting a mural of migrant children to protest child separation from parents at the Mexico-U.S. border.
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L.A. Artist Honors Anthony Bourdain With Vibrant Mural
Jonas Never paid tribute to the late chef-turned-TV host with a large mural on the side of the Gramercy bar in Los Angeles. Never talks about the importance of his new portrait and his experience painting in Los Angeles over the years.
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Artists Painting Murals on Ramona Utility Boxes
In a backcountry community where boutique wineries scatter the landscape, visitors to Ramona can now also expect to find themselves surrounded with art, big and small.
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Prince Mural Receives Blossoming Crown
A California woman’s mural honoring the late recording artist Prince received a fresh new look.