SHURI + THE MASONS, BLKOUT WALLS FESTIVAL
DETROIT, MI | 2021

Detroit hosted their inaugural week-long BLKOUT Walls Festival in the city’s North End neighborhood. JY Originals was a “drop-in” artist during the second half of the festival. She completed an impromptu design and mural in just 2.5 days on the face of a historical mason lodge built in 1945. Her design was created to reflect the building owner’s love for a wall-paper-like repetitive floral pattern, but in a more geometric style featuring Young’s tribal symbols. Colorfully blended doors and panels were added as a signature touch to celebrate possibilities of opening new metaphorical doors.

The title is inspired by the building origins and the Wakanda character Shuri, Black Panther’s younger warrior sister.

Photos by Vince Dalton, Brenda McGadney, Phillip Lewis