The Town of Carrboro has unveiled a new Black Lives Matter mural on the side of the CommunityWorx on West Main Street.

Local artist Tyrone Small led the effort to create the mural and his team of students artists included Ash Granda-Bondurant, Carina Rockart, Theo Preston and Cyani Jacobs.

“The BLM mural done by myself and the students was a testament to what we can all do as a people if we can just put our differences aside and come together to create something beautiful and lasting forever,” said Small in a release from the town.

“The Black Lives Matter mural highlights and advocates for values that are important to Carrboro,” said Anita Jones-McNair, Carrboro’s Race and Equity Officer and Director of the Recreation, Parks and Cultural Resources Department. “It expresses our community’s acknowledgment of and opposition to systemic and institutional racism.”

The Black Lives Matter at CommunityWorx is one of several new murals that are expected to be completed in Carrboro in the coming years.

The town initially pushed to paint “End Racism Now” in the Town Commons parking lot, but after months of deliberation, the town council passed a resolution to move the mural to the Town Hall parking and change the language to “Carrboro Facing Race Embracing Equity.” Later, in a push for better visibility, the Carrboro Town Council adopted another resolution that approved the mural to be painted on Town Hall itself.

The Town Council will continue discussion about the mural at Town Hall in January 2021.

In addition, Triangle-based artist Jermaine “JP” Powell recently finished a new mural on the side of Gray Squirrel Coffee Company in Carrboro. The community-based mural features residents of Chapel Hill and Carrboro.

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