7th Street Mural Arts Festival held Sunday

Little Rock's 7th Street Mural Arts Festival will be held Sunday, Sept. 25, from noon to 6pm at 2487 W. 7th Street.

The festival educates the community about the 7th Street Murals, their artists, and their important messages of peace and justice. The festival will also feature art, food, music, children’s activities, and discussions with artist and activist groups. Guests will have a unique opportunity to use their artistic skills to help paint one of the murals. This event is planned in coordination with Arkansas Peace Week and the 7th Street Mural Project.

Little Rock's 7th Street murals are a focal point of the racial and social justice movement in Arkansas. Arkansas Peace Week painted the first mural on 7th Street in 2015. In 2020, in response to the murder of George Floyd, the mural site became a focal point of Black Lives Matter protests, marches, and vigils.

Each year, local artists continue to collaborate and expand the mural to send a message of inclusion and peace to the community.

The event will feature the following:

• Entertainment: Nick Devlin and Judd Martindale, Danza Matachines, traditional Mexican dance troop in costumes, DJ Swift and DJ IV.

• Food trucks: The Delicioso - Tamales and Dream Street Eats - Vegan

• Artists: Dedicated Visual Art Studio, JATSO Designz.LLC, Judd Mann Art Glass, Krystal DeLani, Lauren Crosthwait/ Wolf of the Ozarks and Sulac Art Stuff.

• Non-Profits: Arkansas Coalition for Peace and Justice, Arkansas Community Organizations, Arkansas Sierra Club, Arkansas WAND, Central Arkansas Democratic Socialists of America, Central Arkansas Water, Compassion Works for All, Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, Pax Christi Little Rock, Pulaski County Democratic Women and Who Decides Inc.

This event is made possible through generous grant through The National Park Service (NPS), in partnership with Jefferson National Parks Association (JNPA)and the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site.

The is free and the public is invited to this event. For more information contact: Tanya Hollifield, Phone: 501-6153276, Email: tanyahollifield@gmail.com

Arkansas Peace Week, Sept. 18 – 25, is a program of activities with a mission to educate and promote peacemaking in our society and raise awareness of organizations working to build a lasting peace in Arkansas. These events take place during the third week of September, in observance of the United Nations International Day of Peace.