The project started w/ #GeorgeFloyd & #BreonnaTaylor

2 wks ago #ElijahMcClain & #AtatianaJefferson with the help of other Denver artists:
(Insta Handles)
@emit_df
@tukeone
@chelsealewinski
@mikeroane
@love_pulp
@mreakso
@jher451
@thecolorblnd
@frostmotion

#BLM
#art
The pair recently launched the initiative, #SprayTheirName
(@spraytheirname on insta) & they plans to take their project on the road

Ideally, they would like to travel to cities where these unjust murders have occurred

They’ll go wherever they’re called

#BlackLivesMatter
The mural for #BreonnaTaylor, who was shot and killed in March in Louisville, Ky., when officers executed a search warrant in her home, is at 29th & Walnut streets

#SprayTheirName
#SprayHerName

#BlackLivesMattters

#Memorial
The mural for #ElijahMcClain, who went into cardiac arrest after being put in a carotid hold by Aurora Police officers last year is at 30th & Walnut, behind @EpicBrewingDen

#SprayTheirName
#SprayHerName

#BlackLivesMatter

#Memorial
The mural for #GeorgeFloyd, who died in May after an officer held a knee to Floyd's neck for over 8 mins 46 sec while he was restrained on the ground with 2 other officers kneeling on him is located on East Colfax Avenue between High & Race streets

#SprayTheirName
#SprayHerName
The mural for #AtatianaJefferson, who was killed by a police officer who failed to identify himself inside her own home while playing video games w/ her 9 yr old nephew in Ft. Worth Texas, by @ChelseaLewinski can be found in an alley behind @EpicBrewingDen

#SprayTheirNames
Each of these incredible works of art are part of the #SprayTheirName Initiative created by @IamDetour303
& Hiero Veiga.

& have already become a touchstone w/in the community

#SprayHerName
#Denver
#Colorado
#SprayTheirName & the artists involved are more active on Instagram as far as I can tell so I am sharing screen shots of their handles below

#SprayTheirName
#SprayHerName

#BreonnaTaylor
#ElijahMcClain
#AtatianaJefferson
#GeorgeFloyd

#BlackLivesMatter
This amazing video of the Mural Project for Isabella 'Bella' Thallas who was murdered while just out walking her dog on June 10th who artist @iamdetour303 has just met the week before

It is just incredible to watch.

#sprayHerName
#SprayTheirName
Bella Thallas’s mural is located outside Leon Gallery at 1112 East 17th Ave, #Denver, #Colorado

#SprayHerName
#SprayTheirName
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