In preparation for this mural the Washington State Labor Council held design charrettes and discussions on a range of subjects. Free speech debates, Seattle general strike, internment of the Japanese Americans, to the civil rights era desegregation of the trades. The mural includes imagery about the housing rights protests, all the way up to modern day issues on minimum wage initiative and May Day immigration march.  This mural is giving voice to the stories of labor reform, and illustrating the stories that are specific to the Asian American and African American residents that surround the murals location in the Central District.

Washington State Labor ​Council
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​Jackson street workers mural
In collaboration with the Washington State Labor Council, Artists Katherine Chilcote, and Devon Midori Hale, Created  a mural on the history of labor reform in the state of Washington.  We are involving numerous unions and neighborhood groups to create a 350 foot mural depicting the international district and central  neighborhood’s history as it intersects with labor history.

Steel Workers

 For Summer Mural Institute 2016 Building Bridges will be bringing our exploration of Labor History to the Slavic Village Neighborhood of Cleveland Ohio. One unique characteristic of a Clevelander, is that we all relate to each other based upon what we know how to make.
​We use our hands, and carve out the world in a unique way as the hug of the steal workers, metal stampers, iron workers. ect... We are the backbone of the rustbelt Midwest!
​Four artists will be pulling their energy together to create an allegorical piece based upon the history of our relationship to what we make.  The trades and crafts of the Slavic Village as it relates to the historic tow path trail is what we will be exploring.







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The UnRest

Currently We are looking for artists who want to use their gifts to peacefully respond to the tragedy that occurred at the Cudell Recreation Center. 





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