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
In the city of Venice with all the funk and colorful personalities one is always in danger of losing self control, to tame that we arm ourselves with a weapon called art. Photo © Marioe (First). Photo © Ian Robertson-...
West LA, Santa Monica, Venice
This mural, a derivative of a photo taken by Harry Gamboa Jr., was commissioned by the Getty Museum as part of the 2011 Pacific Standard Time Initiative. The mural is based on a procession performance piece, The Walking...
East LA
Aztec calender and warrior, Quetzalcoatl (feathered serpent god), and the Aztec god of war.
Photo: © Robin Dunitz
San Fernando Valley
A portrait of the artist's girlfriend standing on a globe. Her pose is a combination of the Statue of Liberty and the Virgin of Guadelupe.
Photo: © Robin Dunitz
South Central LA
Painted for the owner of Barger Harley Davidson. She wanted her dog and cat in the mural as well as the feel of being on the open road. Restored in 2002 by Nathan Zackheim. Images and information courtesy of Roger...
San Fernando Valley
These six panels reflect the historical, cultural, and natural elements of the Long Beach area. San Pedro Bay, discovered in 1542 by Joao Rodriquez Cabrilho, a native of Portugal serving the Spanish crown under Fernando...
Long Beach
This mural was restored in 2013 by Patrick Henry Johnson. The restoration was facilitated by Rev. Leonardo V. Wilborn, Pastor of the Wesley United Methodist Church, which is the oldest African American Methodist Church...
South Central LA
Beautifully Destroyed is a series of site-specific works; of the commissioned pieces, this is one of three that are on large walls, the others are in Miami and Santa Monica. 17 Other manifestations include...
Downtown LA
Children reading and watching civil rights marches of the late 1960's on television.
Photo: © Robin Dunitz
Long Beach
World Cup Soccer. Assisted by Cindy Scheckel.
Photo: © Robin Dunitz
Northeast LA, Highland Park