Located on the corner of Crenshaw and Slauson across the street from future Hyde Park Station, “The Heart of Hyde Park” is a mural by lead artist Moses Ball with Dezmond Crockett and Amani Holbert with youth mentor Ms.Assata Umoja (HOPE).
Watch this video to learn how the mural connects mentorship, celebrates neighborhood stories and visually improves the first/last mile experience. The project was led by LA Commons with technical assistance from Metro Art and funding from Transportation for America. Community partners included HOPE (Hyde Park Organization Partnership for Empowerment), Park Mesa Heights Community Council and Los Angeles City Council District 8.
For more information on how Metro Art enriches Los Angeles’s diverse and vibrant cultural landscape by bringing visual and performing arts to the Metro system, visit https://www.metro.net/art
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Tina Sampay, known as Slauson Girl, is a journalist, author and media founder from South Central Los Angeles. Her Bachelor of Arts in Critical Race and Gender Studies informs how she examines race, gender and power in her journalism. She founded Slauson Girl Media Group, a Black woman-owned news and media organization. Her reporting, podcast conversations and video interviews center local news, community voices, culture and the issues shaping Los Angeles.