Street Art as Public Record: The George Floyd and Anti-Racist Street Art Archive

The African American Folklorist recently spoke with Dr. David Todd Lawrence and Dr. Heather Shirey, co-directors of Urban Art Mapping, about their work documenting street art created in response to the murder of George Floyd and the anti-racist protests that followed.

Dr. David Todd Lawrence is Associate Professor of English at the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Dr. Heather Shirey is Chair of the Department of Art History at the University of St. Thomas. Together, they co-direct Urban Art Mapping, a project that documents and studies street art as a form of public expression.