To, our artists, our volunteers our whole TRUE Skool Team & everyone who stepped into the Arts & Culture Zone with us—THANK YOU! We are honored and excited to announce the top three winners for this year‘s Arts + Culture Zone Mural Contest : (drum roll)

After much deliberation and review, the artists have been selected for our 2026 Juneteenth Arts & Culture Zone Mural Contest: Justin Heard , Ahmari Benton, LaQuailla Bryant, Leah Cashaw, Zaneta Cainion , Mario Hamilton 🫟 We are incredibly grateful for the overwhelming response from Milwaukee’s Artists!! We will have to go even BIGGER in the future! Wow! The artistic talent and vision shared through this year’s applications were inspiring & powerful and we are working on ways

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The TRUE Skool Arts & Culture Zone in Milwaukee’s Annual Juneteenth celebration is a major public art activation with the continued support of Bader Philanthropies and Northcott Neighborhood House, the Juneteenth MKE Team!

This year's Juneteenth Arts & Culture Mural Contest was SUPER Lit! The competition was top tier and the Fun was in full effect! Here are...

Juneteenth 2025 Arts & Culture Area Mural Contest FAQ