1921 Greenwood District, Tulsa - CODAworx

1921 Greenwood District, Tulsa

Client: Roberto L. Delgado, Inc.

Location: LOS ANGELES, CA, United States

Completion date: 2021

Artwork budget: $25,000

Project Team

artist

ROBERTO LLOYD DELGADO

Roberto L. Delgado Studio

client

Tracy Ulmer

City of Tulsa

Overview

10 each 4’x5′ hand-brushed acrylic paintings on fiberglass mesh adhered to the walls. at the Lacy Park Community Center, Tulsa OK.

Goals

Showing 10 people associated with the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in the Greenwood District with imagery of its culture and history.

Process

The Lacy Park Community Center gave me 10 photos of people which I made into line drawings. As is my style, relevant imagery for each was juxtaposed and superimposed in line drawings and then hand-painted.