I Have a Dream

 

2012: I have a dream: painted vinyl inserts on mural

 

Site: JJ’s Bohemia (231 M.L. King Blvd)

Artists: Youth from Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church & Urban League of Chattanooga, with local graffiti artist E-Man

Partners: Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga, Tennessee Art Commission, MLK Neighborhood Association, Urban League of Chattanooga, Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church

Description:  Adolescents and teens from Saint Peter and Paul Basilica honored Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with a mural, inspired by his words and vision of racial equality, justice, and freedom for all people. Students described, in words and images, their dreams for the future of M.L.K. Boulevard, a neighborhood in transition. Their “dream circles”, featured here, are visions of a healthy and vibrant community.

I Have a Dream is part of Mark Making’s MLK Boulevard Mural Series and Urban Heart Beat programming, providing youth and other nontraditional artists with graffiti space and art education.

I Have a Dream was funded in part by Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga and the Tennessee Art Commission.

 
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. encouraged each of us to help make his dream of racial equality, justice, and freedom for all people a reality. For this mural students were asked to describe, in words and images, their dreams for M.L. King Boulevard. Their "dream circles," featured here, are visions of a healthy and vibrant community.
A group of teens take spray paint to a local business on ML King in downtown Chattanooga this weekend. But this type of graffiti has a deeper meaning. Volunteers and painters from Mark Making, the Urban League and Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church are helping with a series of murals in an effort to revitalize the ML King area.