8 Amazing Murals You Can Find in Atlanta's Summerhill

Explore murals from the Summerhill neighborhood

3ttman (2019) by Living Walls X 3ttmanLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.

Living Walls held our 2013 conference in the Summerhill neighborhood. We are still producing murals here 6 years later. Living Walls worked with two local artists and two international artists to bring 4 new murals to Summerhill in October of 2019.

Jasmine Nicole Williams (2019) by Living Walls X Jasmine Nicole WilliamsLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.

We worked with local artist, Jasmine Nicole Williams, to produce a history and community inspired mural. Jasmine and Living Walls attended listening sessions with the community and did a lot of research about the history of this neighborhood. This directly inspired the design for the mural and also inspired a community paint day where residents help paint the wall. So much has happened here on Georgia Avenue - this community, past and present, is full of heart and soul. We're so happy to help fill it with public art.

3ttman (2013-08-15) by 3ttmanLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.

This wall was originally painted during our 2013 conference with artist, 3ttman.

3ttman (2019) by Living Walls X 3ttmanLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.

He returned to Summerhill in Otcober of 2019 to restore the wall. So many details of this mural have been brought back to life! Do you notice any fun new changes?

Joe Dreher (2019) by Living Walls X Joe DreherLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.

We worked with local artist, Joe Dreher (Joe King ATL) to produce this mural. This wall is dedicated to Mary Phagan and Leo Frank, two Atlanta residents who were killed in the early 1900s. Summerhill was a hub of Jewish social and religious life from the 1880s until the late 1950s with construction of new highways.

In 1913, Leo M. Frank, a young Jewish superintendent at the National Pencil Company, was accused of killing factory worker Mary Phagan. At the time of his arrest, he and his wife, Lucille Selig Frank, lived on Georgia Avenue near the northwest corner of Washington Street. A highly controversial trial, fueled by societal tensions and antisemitism, resulted in a guilty verdict. In 1915, after Governor John M. Slaton commuted Frank’s sentence from death to life in prison, he was kidnapped from the state prison by prominent citizens of Cobb County. They took him to Marietta, where he was lynched before a local crowd. In 1986, the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles issued a posthumous pardon to Leo M. Frank, based on the state’s failure to protect him while in custody; it did not absolve him of the crime of murder. Joe has done a lot of research on this history and says, “There’s a lot of talk about Leo Frank being a victim but I don’t want the original victim to be forgotten. Mary Phagan, the thirteen year old girl who was raped and murdered. My goal with this wall is to honor both of these victims and their families.”

Tellas (2019) by Living Walls X TellasLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.

We worked with Italian artist, Tellas, to bring these two walls to life!

Sten + Lex (2012) by Living Walls X Stan + LexLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.

Pastel (2013-08-15) by PastelLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.

No More Hunger (2013-08-01) by JRLiving Walls, The City Speaks Inc.

Sam3 (2011) by Living Walls X Sam3Living Walls, The City Speaks Inc.

Sam3 (2011-08-12) by Sam3Living Walls, The City Speaks Inc.

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