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Murals of Yellow Springs he only has two rules for using the space — “Don’t put something up there that would offend my mother, and respect the other artists.” After Cornett opened his free wall, other downtown businesses and private residences along Kieth’s Alley commissioned, or simply allowed, local artists to paint decorative murals on their rear walls, including the Emporium, the Little Art Theatre, The Winds Cafe and the Yellow Springs News. In the summer and fall of 2020, five new murals were going up on walls around town. Pierre Nagley painted a portrait of George Floyd, who died at the hands of police Minneapolis officers in May 2020, sparking a movement for racial justice, set amidst the ongoing coronavirus pan- demic. On the next wall over, Lindsay Burke painted a mural inspired by the recent upris- ings against systemic racism. Both were sponsored by the local nonprofit organization H.U.M.A.N., or Help Us Make a Nation, and helped raise bail funds for protesters. In addition, Anna Burke completed a vintage-inspired “psychedelic expressionist” work in the new community space behind Rose & Sal’s Vintage Shop. Tony Powers started on a mural, in collab - oration with Burke, behind the laundromat to honor local resident Leonid “Lonya” Clark, who was tragically murdered in 2019. And a mural to honor the late author Virginia Hamilton was being painted by Nagley on the north wall of the Yellow Springs News, in col - laboration with H.U.M.A.N. —Megan Bachman and Gary McBride bo Lindsay Burke, Kieth’s Alley  bp Sarah Dickens, 2002, Kieth’s Alley bq Pierre Nagley, Kieth’s Alley  br Lindsay Burke painting, 2020 5 Travis Hotaling, Antioch College  6 Anna Burke, 2020; Rose & Sal  7 Sarah Dickens, 2016; Kieth’s Alley  8 Axel Horn, 1941, Post Office  9 Tia Acheson, Kings Yard 4 7 5 9 6 8 bo bp bq br