Mike Alewitz
My blogs
| Industry | Education |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Mural Painter |
| Location | New Britain, CT |
| Introduction | Mike Alewitz is a well-known mural painter working in the U.S. and internationally. As Artistic Director of the Labor Art and Mural Project (LAMP,) Alewitz has traveled throughout the world creating public art on themes of peace and justice. He has painted in South-Central LA, New York, Baghdad, Chernobyl, Mexico, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Israel and the Occupied Territories and numerous other locations. Alewitz has organized cultural initiatives for numerous unions and progressive organizations including the United Mine Workers, Jobs with Justice, Teamsters, Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union, United Farm Workers and many others. He has taught and spoken extensively on political and cultural topics. He is currently Associate Professor of Art at Central Connecticut State University, where he directs the unique community-based mural painting program. Alewitz is a long-time activist in movements for social change. He was a prominent student Vietnam anti-war activist and an eyewitness to the murders of four students at Kent State University in 1970. He was a leader of the national student strike that followed the massacre. |