Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles

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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: muralconservancyLA@gmail.com

Artists: Elliott & Arnold Pinkney Portraits representing three local cultures: African American, Latino, and Native American. The geometric patterns are more universal. Photo: © Robin Dunitz (main image)
South Central LA
"This is a mural I painted recently with Retna in Los Angeles, on a school right across from MacArthur Park. As usual, I painted the figures, and Retna painted the lettering and background. The mural was donated to the...
Hollywood, Silverlake, Echo Park
Three panels in progress. Part of a multi-national campaign funded by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) to spread awareness of the plight of elephants. This mural features a razzle dazzle pattern from...
Downtown LA
Charles 'Cat' Felix and Los Niños del Mundo (Kids of the World). In the center the sun is surrounded by a primordial-like sea full of simple sea creatures. Dinosaurs are on the far right. On the far left is a futuristic...
East LA
A dramatic tribute to learning and education, with a special focus on the arts, created for the 30th anniversary of the school. Sponsored and commissioned by Los Angeles Southwest College and Fox Hills Mall Scholarship...
South Central LA
This mosaic of scholars and written languages dating back to neolithic times contains inscriptions in Chinese characters, Phoenician letters, Babylonian cuneiforms, and Egyptian hieroglyphics. This small community...
South Central LA
Covers approximately 1527-1850, portraying African Americans who played a significant role in California's early period after the arrival of Europeans. Among those pictured are ex-slave/philanthropist Biddy Mason,...
South Central LA
Artists: Goez Studio (designed by Robert Arenivar and executed with José-Luis Gonzalez and 20 high school students). The "Queen of Angels", representing the city of Los Angeles, looks over the Coliseum with...
South Central LA
Remnant of a much larger environmental mural that was destroyed when the property changed hands. Along the loading dock are dolphins, walruses, penguins, and whales. Photo: © Robin Dunitz
San Fernando Valley
Three suspended cloth-like forms give the illusion of tapestries on the L.A. landscape. Combining culturally specific and universal elements (ie., heart, trombone, pyramid), each panel attempts to reflect local cultures...
Downtown LA

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