Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Civil Rights Artwork Available for Exhibit

This unique collection of paintings were produced by Tucson Arts Brigade and the Tucson Volunteer Center for the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Art Service. The artworks were part of a popular education project conducted each year for the community at large at the Community Arts Lab

Over a series of workshops participants researched and learned together about the civil rights era. The artworks were then installed as backdrops inside a real bus. Volunteer Center staff developed a walk through theater piece to teach children about freedom summer. The paintings were featured by local news stations on live television in 2003 and 2004. The Volunteer Center housed the paintings until the center closed. The paintings then ended up in storage and finally returned to TAB in 2015. 
These works are available as a collection for display and educational purposes. Please contact TAB to learn how you can exhibit these works.

We are seeking a permanent home for this collection. If you have ideas about where this collection could be best housed please contact TAB.

Tucson Arts Brigade

Black Lives Matter
By Valeria K Hutchings
Size: 104” x 89”
Acrylic on Canvas

Bus Backdrop Art
Lead artists: Michael Schwartz (TAB), Danielle Fink Volunteer Center

Andrew Young
Size: 41” x 29”
Acrylic on Canvas
 

Emma Baker
Size: 41” x 29”
Acrylic on Canvas
 

Harriet Tubman
Size: 41” x 29”
Acrylic on Canvas
 


Ida B Wells
Size: 41” x 29”
Acrylic on Canvas


Percy Lavon Julian
Size: 41” x 29”
Acrylic on Canvas






















I Am A Man
Size: 37.5” x 25.5”
Acrylic on Canvas
















Sing for Justice
Size: 36” x 51”
Acrylic on Canvas




















Civil Rights March 1
Size: 37.5” x 25.5”

Acrylic on Canvas

 














Civil Rights March 2
Size: 37.5” x 25.5”
Acrylic on Canvas

















Civil Rights March 3
Size: 26.5” x 128”
Acrylic on Canvas

Size: Shaped Canvas 49” x 80”
Acrylic on Canvas
 This work was created by youth for MLK Day of Service. The work was featured live on local news, who reported back throughout the newscast and interviewed participants as the mural progressed.