Nikki Lee Atwell Foundation

The Black Love Mural Festival (BLMF) is a festival featuring black creatives. We will highlight local creatives as well as artists from outside Colorado. The 60+ murals makes us the only black mural festival in the country. Walls will be placed from Bannock St. to N. Broadway spread throughout Civic Center Park. Check out the impact we had on local creatives via testimonials & all our media coverage from 2020 via the links below https://youtu.be/NRxSa2IECEc & https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CDjnSImNFiZ_6B7eJ1vKK1nkvfZhMxpS-0aOCuFk6rc/edit. 

Schedule 

• MAY 30TH: Grand Opening & George Floyd Celebration of Life 
  
• JUNE 6TH: Chocolate Sundays @ the park
  
• JUNE 13TH: Chocolate Sundays @ the park
• JUNE 19TH: Juneteenth celebration
  
• JULY 10TH - 18TH MLB: All-Star Week

• AUGUST 1ST: Chocolate Sundays @ the park (closing ceremony)

Last year the festival brought foot traffic to the park and kept the community engaged by allowing unique public works of art to be on display. We will host workshops, live painting , and activations like jazz in the park every weekend until Juneteenth. We will celebrate Juneteenth at the Greek Amphitheater with music, comedy, and community. Murals to stay up until our closing ceremony August 1st. Our goal for the Black-Love Mural festival is to show love to black creative community. 

Fun Facts 
- $100+ Donations: A signed fine art print

- $500+ Donations: Black Love Mural Festival baseball jersey

- $2,000+ A mural from the festival 

(Rewards will be fulfilled after the festival 8/3/2021)

Please contact via gofundme or E-Mail to claim reward (Info At IRL ART.com)

Want to join me in making a difference? We’re raising money from for the  Black-Love Mural Festival via our nonprofit Nikki Lee Atwell Foundation (Doing business as IRL Art), and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to us.

More information about Nikki Lee Atwell Foundation: Founded in 2002 the Nikki Lee Atwell Foundation Supports Art, Music and Humanities, ages 10 and up and Community Organizations and projects. In 2020 Annie Phillips was gifted the non-profit from her mother to continue their philanthropic activities in Colorado.