In the wake of the 2020 murder of George Floyd and subsequent social and political upheaval in the United States (and around the world), I searched to find a way to add my voice to the cause. In my home state of Wisconsin, the 2014 murder of Dontre Hamilton and even more recent shooting of Jacob Blake (20 minutes from my home) have kept the injustice and inequality invasive in our society at the forefront of my mind.
I decided to do a series of daily/weekly designs that would uplift and bring attention to the Black Lives Matter movement, and ultimately the icons of Black American Music. The Black artists I have spent the majority of my life emulating have formed who I am as a musician, educator, artist and person. What initially started as an outlet to offer my voice to the cause, quickly became an ongoing visual project that I will use to continue to honor the unsung masters of Black American Music and draw attention to the continued pursuit of equality, justice and peace.
It's not about standing still and becoming safe.
If anybody wants to keep creating they have to be about change.
- Miles Davis
