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Dec. 05, 2016 | news releases

OCC mural takes an odyssey to a higher-profile place

Bilalian Odyssey, the masterful artwork depicting the history of African Americans in the West, has been relocated to a more prominent location in the Oregon Convention Center. Once located in the south wing of the convention center, Cary Stacey of the Metro Chief Operating Office lead the effort with the support of Oregon Convention Center Executive Director Scott Cruickshank to move the 8’ x 16’ mural to a wall near the main southern entrance off of NE Hoyt Street and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.

Regional Arts and Culture Council Percent for Art Project public art Bilalian Odyssey

Feb. 24, 2016 | news releases

Mural paying tribute to black pioneers to soon gain prominence at OCC

Metro is home to a masterful artwork depicting the history of African Americans in the West. Currently located in the south wing of the Oregon Convention Center, Bilalian Odyssey is local artist Isaka Shamsud-Din’s vision of important but little-known figures from the African American community dating from 1805 to the late 1920s. The 8’ x 16’ mural is breathtaking.

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