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
Various Artists (George Combs, Alonzo Davis, Lester Gones, Mark Steven Greenfield, David Hammons, Ulysses Jenkins, Joseph Sims, Kinshasha Conwill, Roland Welton, & Timothy Washington)
Photo: © Robin Dunitz
South Central LA
Artists: David Mosley, Eddie Or, Norman Maxwell, Micheal McKenzie & Marvin Hunt.
The concept was the idea of Vietnam vet and neighborhood activist Gus Harris. Remembering how little he learned in school about...
Mid City
"Blessed are the Meek" is a collaboration between El Mac, Retna and Estevan Oriol. Painted at the Jonah Project where the people of downtown find comfort and a place to worship. Portrait of "Slim" done by El Mac in...
Downtown LA
Commemorates the Blessing of the Animals, an ancient ceremony that has been performed on Olvera Street since the 1780s, becoming an annual event in 1938. Sponsored and commissioned by Filippa Pollia Foundation. Photos 1...
Downtown LA
Levi Pónce assisted by Steven Acevedo, Erica Friend, Monica Cano, Leo Tejeda, Sesor, the Mendez Family, the Rhee Family, Alee Ponce, the Alvarez Sisters. A tribute to the East Valley and those who grew up there,...
San Fernando Valley
Brandelli's Brig (local bar), exterior. The image is of a mural inside a mural inside a mural. Painted outside of a bar, the owner and his wife are outside of the bar and the mural, which shows the owner and his wife...
West LA, Santa Monica, Venice
This mural has been destroyed. Its imagery alludes to an awakening of a sleeping giant, Islam uprising and protest. The artist illustrated “breaking chains” as “creating change” and fire was used to symbolize the...
East LA
"Santoleri created the vast 23-by-140-foot mural to capture the way Pitzer nurtures both the life of the mind and the world of nature through education. Associate Professor of Art Jessica McCoy and students from her...
East San Gabriel Valley
Chicano identity within the context of war, cultural imperialism, urbanization, economic exploitation, and miscegenation. The central image is a larger-than-life Chicana rising from the embers and the dizzying forces...
East LA
"This mural was created in response to recent gang violence that occurred near the Pico Union Housing Corporate office. It was commissioned by the PUHC/Graff Lab and my intention was to send the message to bring peace...
Downtown LA