After over a year of planning, artists and organizers have brought a block-long Black Lives Matter mural to life in Lynn, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
I wanted it to be something that was very pop art and had a lot of color, artist JahNyah Spencer said.<\/p>\n
Spencer is one of six different artists who created unique designs for the giant mural.<\/p>\n
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Her work is more than just bright colors. Theres a message behind her design.<\/p>\n
The shoe, the sneaker, it actually represents the need in the Black community to always show our worth through our fashion and through our appearances, Spencer said.<\/p>\n
When I was younger, I got bullied by people because I couldnt afford Jordans or Nike and if you didnt have all the flyest fit than you werent cool, she said. And I always thought, Shouldnt your morals determine how you get treated? But sometimes thats not always the case.<\/p>\n
The mural on Essex Street has been more than a year in the making. Carlos Prudencio and Damianny Garrido, the two teen organizers, pushed the city to make it happen. Now they hope the art prompts a deeper conversation.<\/p>\n
This in particular, Prudencio said. Because it has so much power behind is amazing. It hits. It hits a lot.<\/p>\n
And they wanted each artist to bring their own aesthetic and vision to the project.<\/p>\n
As you can see, they all have a different design and that was the whole purpose,\" Garrido said.<\/p>\n
Artist Mike Aghawoha describes the mural as the \"American flag, but in the colors of the pan-African flag\" and hopes people who visit the mural will see the message behind it.<\/p>\n
I want them to keep realizing that Black lives do matter, you know? I think thats really the message, Aghawoha said. This for me, my art is always about helping youth and trying to inspire.<\/p>\n
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