This mural was made initially for the sole purpose of a new building that City Mischief has on Lake Street. The mural was a way to create a welcoming presence of the agency. The agency says “The mural brightens the space and reflects the diversity and strengths of all the diverse cultures of the neighborhood. “The images are especially powerful for children to identify with, including those attending The Family Partnership’s Four” Directions Family Center.” (city mischief). Every single person and symbol on the mural had meaning behind it. First thing was they put some symbols and people to symbolize the first nations of people on the land we are on today. The symbols include a jingle dress dancer which symbolizes and honors Ojibwe medicine and space and even there being the Lakota star which represents their connection to the spirit world, wisdom, and the cycle of life. To honor Latino culture, it highlighted a women wearing a Latin skirt which had the colors of the Mexican flag on it followed by orange and yellow marigold flowers which in Latino culture represent a powerful symbol for Dia de los Muertos. Additionally, because the huge population of east Africans in Minneapolis they also implemented quite a lot of symbols including a butterfly the color of the Somali flag, an east African mother reading to her child, and some pink flowers called the king protea which is the national flower in Somalia. Because of the death of Geroge Floyd which elevated the Black Lives Matter movement, they added the Black Lives Matter fist to memorialize him, and the many other lives lost in not only Minneapolis but everywhere else as well. This whole mural had intent and was incredibly detailed, everything on there is not only for looks but is a representation of lake street Minneapolis.
