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Moving the Lives of Kids Community Mural Project


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Moving the Lives of Kids Community Mural Project


“In the face of recent tragic events in Israel and Palestine, I stand firm in denouncing terrorism, hatred, and any form of discrimination. As the executive artist of the MLK Mural Project, I firmly believe in unity, understanding, and peace. We must reject division, racism, and antisemitism and work together to build a world where every individual, regardless of their race, religion, or nationality, can coexist in harmony. Let us strive for love and acceptance, not only in our art but in our hearts, fostering a global community bound by respect, empathy, and compassion."

Kyle Holbrook, Executive Artist, MLK Mural Project

2024 is Our 22nd Anniversary Year!!! ! We will drop throw back stories, videos and artists here and all of our platforms throughout the year, stay Tuned, Artworld!!!!!!

Moving the Lives of Kids Community Mural Project (MLK Mural) is a Public Arts organization, which focuses on the arts, youth development, and education. MLK Mural was founded in 2002 by Muralist, Author, Designer and Filmmaker and Executive Artist Kyle Holbrook originally from the United States of America. His vision was to use public art as a way to reach kids over the summer months to do positive community work when they were not in school. Today as many as 9,000 youth and hundreds of professional Artists have been employed by MLK Mural and shared that vision with Mr. Holbrook. Murals have been painted in Pennsylvania, Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, Georgia, Texas, Florida,  Illinois, Indiana, new Mexico, Arizona, Louisiana, New York, Ohio, Michigan, DC, Nevada, California and many more. Outside in the US in Portugal, Uganda, England, Egypt, France, Ireland, Japan, Germany, Nicaragua, Australia, South Africa, Israel, Haiti, Bahamas, Brazil and counting(43 Countries and 49 states)….Artworld!!!

Kyle Holbrook was inspired by a conversation with Dr. Maya Angelou were she told him, “If your going to say something, say it loud.”

MLK Mural’s mission is to create high aesthetic standard public art that engages youth, artists and families of all races, ages, genders and ethnicities in the beautification of their communities through education, inspiration, employment, activism and empowerment.

The process involves collaboration with Artists, schools, community groups, foster homes, juvenile justice halls, churches, and after school programs. MLK has hundreds of previous Mural projects located in more than 96 cities in the United States, the Caribbean, and South America, which are seen by an estimated 50 million people annually. As of 2022, as many as 248,000 young men and women have participated in MLK’s Murals.

The dimensions are larger than life. The colors are purposefully vivid and visually stimulating. The narratives woven into the Murals are of great historic significance. Most importantly, we are developing the vast Artistic and intellectual wealth represented by our gifted youth. Children and young adults learn together about the historic significance of their own neighborhoods, and then translate what they learn into images they create on the walls, giving them a voice and the freedom to express their thoughts. This is how we Move the Lives of Kids with Community Mural Projects.

God Bless all, from all back grounds, religions, political, etc. we are truly an organization for everyone.

Curriculums


after-school murals, summer mural programs, fashion, photography, typography and video curriculums are available for purchase and implementation. Across language barriers, socio-economic, racial, religious and all age groups can benefit. While rigorous in content the curriculums provide several entry points of participation.

Data based evaluations show a multitude of benefits for students/participants of MLK Mural curriculums.

Curriculums


after-school murals, summer mural programs, fashion, photography, typography and video curriculums are available for purchase and implementation. Across language barriers, socio-economic, racial, religious and all age groups can benefit. While rigorous in content the curriculums provide several entry points of participation.

Data based evaluations show a multitude of benefits for students/participants of MLK Mural curriculums.

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