Downtown Los Angeles prepares for Olympics with new multiyear mural project

As major events like the Olympics and the World Cup approach and the eyes of the athletic world focus on the city, downtown Los Angeles is on track to create a dozen murals inspired by the intersection of social justice, art and sports with a new ambitious art project dubbed ‘Big Art. Bigger Dreams.”

“The goal is to create an outdoor walkable mural museum,” said Gabriel Yeager, director of DTLA Alliance, which has teamed up with the global nonprofit Street Art for Mankind to create the murals in the downtown area before the Olympics.