This mural project is the product of the inaugural Artist Apprenticeship Program organized by Galveston Arts Center, which connects local high school students with a professional artist in order to produce a work of public art in the community.

Artists mentor students in planning and specific techniques, and students participate in production, promotion and opening events.

The mural, located on the east wall of Maceo Spice and Import Company was created in the spring of 2017. 

The Houston-based artist collective ROUX includes Rabéa Ballin, Ann Johnson, Delita Martin, and Lovie Olivia. Their works navigate between styles of the past and the proposed future and address experiences unique to Women of Color residing in the American South. These four artists not only embrace and challenge drawing conventions in medium, surface and concept but apply unusual approaches to the process and ingredients of printmaking, installation, video, sculpture, and painting. Their exhibition, SALT, is presented in conjunction with PrintHouston, a biennial celebration of original prints at galleries and museums throughout the region.

Two & 1/2 Years: A Visual Celebration to the Spirit of Juneteenth is a collaboration between multidisciplinary artists Tierney Malone and Robert Hodge. The story of the institution of slavery in Texas and the origins of the Juneteenth celebration are reexamined and retold musically and visually. The exhibition is a visual representation of the music project Two and 1/2 Years: A Musical Celebration to the Spirit of Juneteenth, produced by Robert Hodge and Tierney Malone, released June 19, 2016.