BLACK ART SPEAKS · CINCINNATI
PHOTOGRAPHY: PIXXEL DESIGNS
Black Art Speaks uplifts Black artists and their voices through public art, community connection, and paths to creative opportunity.
ART AS ACTIVISM. ART AS OPPORTUNITY.
A mural became a movement.
THE BLACK ART SPEAKS SHOP
Bring the art home.
Explore artwork, books, and objects that carry the mural’s message beyond the street.
Choose a piece, explore its story, and find current pricing and availability in the shop.
OUR STORY · CINCINNATI, 2020
Words in the street.
A city in conversation.
Alandes Powell’s poem “We Want What You Want” inspired 17 Black lead artists and community volunteers to create the original Black Lives Matter mural in front of City Hall.
ONE POEM, MANY ARTISTIC VOICES
THE ORIGINAL MURAL · 2020
A CONTINUING LEGACY
The mural lives beyond the paint.
Its message continues through gatherings, public art, exhibitions, and opportunities shaped by the Black Art Speaks collective.
ARTIST AT WORK · PIXXEL DESIGNS
FEATURED FILM · THE NEW MURAL
Watch the mural come to life.
Experience the newest mural in “BAS 26’ BLM Mural,” a film by Christopher D Dixon Jr (Monsta).
EXPLORE BLACK ART SPEAKS
The work keeps moving.
Meet the collective, gather around art, and explore the public works that carry the story forward.
01 / THE COLLECTIVE
Meet the people
Discover the artists and creative community of Black Art Speaks.
ARTISTS AT WORK
03 / IN PICTURES
Follow the story
View mural details, public art, and moments from the collective.
LETTER REVEAL · PIXXEL DESIGNS
02 / GATHERINGS
Experience the work
Find gatherings, programs, and the archive of BAS events.
BLOCK PARTY · PIXXEL DESIGNS