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
Rico Lebrun, assisted by James Pinto and William Ptaszynski. Inspired by the biblical tale of Genesis. Noah, after the flood, stands in the center, shielding a child with his cloak. Around him are twisted, sinewy bodies...
East San Gabriel Valley
Three nuclear silos stand ominously behind a worried-looking young boy. The border is a circle of covered wagons, an outmoded method of defense symbolizing our society's false sense of security. Artists: Supervisor, Ian...
South Central LA
Three wizards with words in Gothic lettering : "Drinking and Drugs are Not Magic. Don't Do 'Em."
Photo: © Robin Dunitz
Hollywood, Silverlake, Echo Park
This was the artist's first solo mural. Four homeboys on a front porch are flanked by ghostly images of their cultural ancestors-Azteca, conquistador, and mestizo. Restored by MCLA in 1997. Photo: © Robin Dunitz
Ramona Gardens
Sponsored and commissioned by Brandedarts and Labasse Projects. Photo © Ian Robertson-Salt
West LA, Santa Monica, Venice
Four thousand years of Filipino and Filipino-American history. The design is divided into two parts. The first half is historical, leading up to the awakening of Filipino national and political consciousness. The second...
Hollywood, Silverlake, Echo Park
2 panels. Charles "Cat" Felix with Los Niños del Mundo (Kids of the World)
Photo © Ian Robertson-Salt
Estrada Courts
A montage of events in the history of the African Methodist Episcopal Church, the country's oldest black denomination, and of the First A.M.E., the oldest African American congregation in Los Angeles. In the upper left...
South Central LA
The broad strokes found in this tribute to L.A.'s car culture were accomplished by the artist's use of a broom instead of a brush. Restored by MCLA in 1991 and 2013. 2013 restoration made possible by donations from the...
Downtown LA