San Antonio chalk artist Lakey Hinson and his pals are at it again. This time, the bunch has created an anti-book banning mural at San Antonio’s Central Library.
, the latter also a tattooist — teamed up to create a massive mural at an underutilized and “depressing” courtyard located near the intersection of Navarro and Augusta Streets downtown.
“I mean, I feel like we need to have access to different forms of knowledge whether we agree with it or not, whether we think it’s horrible or not,” Hinson told theThe massive mural features names of books banned in Texas schools written In pastel green, blue and red hues. The work also includes the image of a school girl stretching out her arms with a phrase by African-American actor and director LeVar Burton that reads, “I think reading is part of the birthright of the human being.
Hinson and his pals chose this specific spot not just because of the symbolic significance of putting it at the Central Library, but also because he felt like that portion of its grounds needed sprucing up. Indeed, the spot near a VIA bus stop is often frequented by vagrants, according to Lakey. He said he and his colleagues hope the mural will serve as a crime deterrence and “make the depressing corner a little more positive.”
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