Oakland s Largest Mural Doubles As a Call To End Food Scarcity and World Hunger sfist.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from sfist.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
. Artist Victor Ash s 190-foot-tall mural in Oakland aims to raise awareness about food insecurity. (Courtesy of Street Art Mankind) Oakland s tallest mural raises awareness for Zero Hunger + more good news from around the Bay Area
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Apr 16, 2021
If you re walking or driving down Broadway in Oakland, look up to see artist Victor Ash s stunning 21-story mural of a Black girl on the side of the Marriott City Center. the artwork aims to raise awareness about hunger, especially as it affects our African-American communities.
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Oakland mural focusing on hunger part of UN project
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A new mural in Oakland focusing on hunger will be officially unveiled.
OAKLAND, Calif. - A new mural in Oakland focusing on hunger will be unveiled on Friday.
Artist Victor Ash created the 190-foot tall mural on the Oakland Marriot City Center on Broadway.
It s one of six going up in the country.
The series is part of the Zero Hunger effort by the United Nations World Food Program, which teamed up with Street Art for Mankind and Kellogg for the project.
With focus on hunger, tallest mural in Oakland to be completed Thursday ktvu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ktvu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Following the collapse of the Nicolae Ceaușescu regime in 1989, the area saw a new wave of demolitions take place as industry collapsed, and factories closed.
Aside from the newly built 55,634-seat soccer stadium, the Arena Naționala, abandoned factories were replaced by malls, fast-food restaurants, and gambling parlours. And yet while the Arena attracted major crowds at sporting events and live concerts, Pantelimon remained devoid of many cultural activities.
As part of an awareness-raising campaign meant to shed light on the neighbourhood, the first edition of Giants of Pantelimon took place in October 2017.
Make a Point
This collective art project was developed by local NGO Make a Point. Over the course of three days, street artists created a series of large-size murals using the roofs of former factories as canvases for their art. The murals are based on real stories told by locals and gathered by event organisers. Stemming from collective memory, they reflect slices of li