Mural by Everett Spruill Added to Disney Springs Art Walk: A Canvas of Expression
Have you visited the amazing art murals at Disney Springs yet? If not, then make sure you add time to your trip to make your way over. A brand new colorful painting by an Orlando area African American artist has just been added. These murals are just one of the way that Walt Disney World Resort is acknowledging Juneteenth and Black Music Month.
This latest piece at the Disney Springs Art Walk: A Canvas of Expression is by Everett Spruill a painter, photographer and printmaker. His work is influenced by the Civil Rights movement, jazz and blues music.
Orlando artist Everett Spruill’s colorful mural joined the works of several other diverse artists at the Disney Springs Art Walk: A Canvas of Expression at Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., on June 16, 2022. The Art Walk is just one of the many ways that guests can “Celebrate Soulfully’’ through Black art, music, food and entertainment at Walt Disney World Resort throughout the year and, in particular, this month for Juneteenth and Black Music Month. (Courtney Kiefer, photographer).
“Documenting the history of jazz and blues is one of my greatest passions,” said Spruill. “I am inspired by the cultures of the African diaspora, and I hope to give the viewer a concise look at the African experience as expressed through my own perspective and visual aesthetic.”
Recently, Disney welcomed students from Orlando’s After-School All-Stars Drawing Club to Disney Springs for an inside look at the Art Walk and an opportunity to meet with Everett.
But the Art Walk features so many more Black artists. For example, former Walt Disney Imagineer Laci Jordan who is now a Los Angeles designer, illustrator and creative director. His representation is of marginalized people and the intersectionality that exists between it, color, and pop culture.
Visitors to the Disney Springs Art Walk will also see murals by Chad Mize, Stacey Aoyama and Eric Tan. But we can also look forward to additional artists being added to in the coming months each with their own diverse backgrounds.
The Disney Springs Art Walk is just one of the many ways that guests can Celebrate Soulfully with experiences that honor and pay tribute to Black heritage and culture through music, food, art and more at Walt Disney World Resort throughout the year and especially during June to mark Juneteenth and Black Music Month.
While at Disney Springs, music lovers can move from art to entertainment as they enjoy the return of Motown Mondays. They can also experience the Scat Cat’s Club at Disney’s Port Orleans Resort-French Quarter, where guests can enjoy nightly jazz groups in a New Orleans-styled lounge on select nights. Also, guests will discover new elements within “The Soul of Jazz: An American Adventure,” a recently refreshed exhibit in The American Adventure at EPCOT, which showcases the rich and dynamic evolution of jazz with a new programmed piano.
Additional ways guests can continue to Celebrate Soulfully at Walt Disney World Resort are:
Art: Locations Across Disney Parks Showcase Works by Black Creatives
- At Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, guests can meet talented African artisans at Mombasa Marketplace and even take home some of their unique craftworks.
Music: Live Performances Energize Select Disney Locations with R&B, Gospel, and More
- At Disney’s Animal Kingdom Theme Park, guests can experience Festival of the Lion King, a Broadway-style show filled with pageantry, puppetry and classic songs from Disney’s hit movie The Lion King.
Food: Black Culture Inspires New Culinary Creations
- Guests can continue to discover soulful eats across the Walt Disney World Resort where various soul food dishes, beverages and ingredients will be featured. Later this month, Cooking With Soul will take a look at soulful summer foods, where guests can explore various African-inspired meat cooking techniques and twists on Southern-inspired comfort foods and desserts
- Local Green Orlando is a Black-owned food truck and the first permanent plant-based food location at Disney Springs.
Mural by Everett Spruill Added to Disney Springs Art Walk: A Canvas of Expression Credit: Disney
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