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
Noni Olabisi assisted by Charles Freeman. "The stunning mural that Noni Olabisi created effectively tells the story of the 1791 slave rebellion in Haiti which inspired William Grant Still's opera, Troubled Island. The...
Mid City
In the center is a youth with arms outstretched, being pulled in two directions. On one side is death, the dangerous outcome of choosing involvment in drugs or gangs. On the other side are his parents offering love and...
East LA
Two whales, in close-up, frolicking in the ocean. Garcia, with Randy Geraldi, David Gatchel, Samuel Myring, Marcia Alvarez. Restored by MCLA in 1992. Photo © Robin Dunitz.
West LA, Santa Monica, Venice
A man holding flags and a baby while standing on an Olmec head.
Photo: © Isabel Rojas-Williams
Estrada Courts
Artists: Henry Allen Nord, Stanton MacDonald, and Albert Henry King. When this mosaic was created for the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, it was reportedly the largest cut-tile mosaic picture in the country and the...
Long Beach
Artists from left to right: Vyal Reyes, Leo Limon, Wayne Perry, The Esparza Family (Ofelia Esparza, Rosanna Esparza-Ahrens, Jacqueline "Jaxiejax" Sanders-Esparza, Elena Esparza), Los de Abajo (Poli Marichal, Don Newton...
East LA
Escaping Santa Monica Pier Carousel horses frolic on the beach. Photo © Ian Robertson-Salt
West LA, Santa Monica, Venice
The mural's starting point was a song by the Red Hot Chili Peppers, called "Under the Bridge." Sponsored and commissioned by Red Hot Chili Peppers and Lucky Nun Gallery. Photo © Robin Dunitz.
Hollywood, Silverlake, Echo Park
Painted as part of the LA Free Walls Project on the outside of LALA Gallery. Photo © Ian Robertson-Salt
Downtown LA
Similar concept as the phrase“all in the same boat”. While working on the mural, the artist regularly had to deal with nearby gangs. Spray style was inspired by the gang presence. © Photos Ismael Cazarez | All...
Ramona Gardens