Local artist Broderick Flanigan recently completed his second project for a youth mural program he launched this year. To commemorate the annual MLK Day of Service in January, Flanigan covered a wall in his childhood neighborhood—the East Athens Triangle Plaza—with vibrant colors and stunning portraits of civil rights leaders Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr.
Flanigan’s newest mural depicts Hilsman Middle School, which he attended and which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. For the project, he worked closely with his former art teacher, Starr Campbell, as well as current students. The artist illustrated portraits of his old principal and homeroom teachers, then added students into the foreground based on a sketch by Campbell.
The mural also pictures images of the chess pieces Flanigan uses to instruct youth through Chess and Community, a local nonprofit that teaches kids to “think before you move.”
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
Photo Credit: Joshua L. Jones
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