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All Black Lives Matter Unveiling
Sun, Jun 20
|Washington St. adjacent to Burnside Park
The All Black Lives Mural unveiling will kick of PVDFest with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 4pm.
Time & Location
Jun 20, 2021, 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Washington St. adjacent to Burnside Park, 40 Kennedy Plaza, Providence, RI 02903, USA
About the Event
PVDFest kicks off Juneteenth weekend with a ribbon cutting and free celebration unveiling locally-designed All Black Lives Matter Street Mural in the heart of downtown Providence. Official ribbon cutting and short speaking program will begin at 4:00pm. The street mural is located on Washington Street, adjacent to Burnside Park.
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Local artists and community members have worked together over the past year to co-design and install the new original mural. The street mural, which features design work by Abenda Sohn, Ayeel Schofield, Sarah Samway, k. funmilayo aileru, Rodney Davis and Nafis M. White, is located on Washington Street, adjacent to Burnside Park.
The All Black Lives Matter Street Mural is made possible with support from PVDFest, City of Providence Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, College Unbound and Rhode Island School of Design.