Oil Spill “Hope” Mural Days in Louisiana April 19-April 21st Annually. This Proclamation was given to Executive Artist Kyle Holbrook by Plaquemines Parish Present Billy Nungesser on April 14, 2011
On April 20, the one-year anniversary of the BP disaster, a community of fishermen, environmental-justice advocates and Gulf Coast families will gather at the Rev. Percy Griffin Community Center, named after the Plaquemines Parish civil rights leader, to commemorate the lives of the 11 men who died in the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion. Gulf communities will come together that day to plant marsh grass to help restore the Gulf, and unveil an "Oil Spill HOPE Mural."-BMock
Detail of part of MLK Mural’s 68’ x 8.5 ‘ mural “Oil Spill Hope” Mural in response to the BP Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico and greatly effected several parishes in Louisiana.
Davant Park Swimming Pool
15575 Highway 15
Davant, LA
MLK Artist “Snake”
BP Oil Spill Mural youth participants were paid by MLK Mural through a collaboration with Mt. Zion Church 2010
Cover image: A mural honoring Black fishermen from the east bank of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. Mural painted by Moving the Lives of Kids Community Mural Project (MLK Mural), a public arts organization that focuses on the arts, youth development, and education. Photo by Monica Patrice Barra, 2017.
zion williamson “Mask-Up” Mural by Kyle Holbrook, 2020
Juvenile and Kyle Holbrook
