MCLA maintains a FREE database of Los Angeles' Mural History linking artists, murals and neighborhoods. The foundation of this database was shaped by Robin Dunitz' book "Street Gallery", the first true compilation of Los Angeles public murals. The MCLA website allows submissions of murals created recently in Los Angeles, forming an ever growing archive joining the historic with the new.
To email your submissions, please send high resolution digital images along with the name of artist(s), location, year size and medium to: murals@muralconservancy.org
In the foreground students are immersed in educational pursuits. Behind them and across a bridge stands a shiny downtown with Mother Nature looking on.
Photo: © Robin Dunitz
East LA
St. Elmo Village: Lydia Beltran, Maleesha Chandler, Maleysha Chandler, Mark Godinez, Carlos Rittner and several volunteers. Photo © Robin Dunitz.
Mid City
Open sardine can full of smashed cars. They key is lower down on the wall. Assistants: Zachary Sharp and Anthony Lomax.
Photo: © Robin Dunitz
San Fernando Valley
A tribute to Cecil Furgerson, an important force in the local African American art community. in 1968 he co-founded the Black Arts Council (with Claude Booker) as an advocacy and support group for black artists. He...
South Central LA
Individuals from successive waves of immigration in Los Angeles. They each hold objects symbolic of their culture. Assistants: Marco Bustamente, Carlos Caprio, and Mae Young Chung. Sponsored and commissioned by SPARC....
San Fernando Valley
IMages of death and bondage linked artistically to the figure of African American men, women, and teens are intended to deliver a strong community message on the health hazards of cigarette smoking. The mural was...
South Central LA
Three-part head of the mestizo, a symbol representing the Chicano identity as a mixture of Mexican and U.S. heritages.
Photo: © Robin Dunitz
East LA
An elderly woman pulling a cart of groceries is the central image in this commentary on Venice's continuing transformation as a community. Ahead of her, three young women in the modest swimming attire of an earlier era-...
West LA, Santa Monica, Venice