A week after unrest in downtown Birmingham which damaged some businesses, groups of volunteers on Sunday turned remnants of looting into works of art.
B’ham Cleanup assembled about 50 people to paint murals on the plywood that replaced shattered storefronts left from the mayhem on Sunday, May 31, in the wake of the death of George Floyd, the African American man killed by police in Minneapolis.
Sunday’s event – “Paint Positivity – Turning Plywood Into Art” – sought to place a fresh light on the situation with positively themed murals.
Blank Space Birmingham, a mural company, was also brightening the scene.
The Blank Space murals could be sold with the proceeds potentially going to an entity, perhaps Montgomery’s Equal Justice Initiative, that recognizes and remembers the fight for civil rights.
