Voice of the Arts
Kyle Holbrook's MLK Mural - A Dream in Color
1/15/2026 | 3mVideo has Closed Captions
In a special episode of Voice of the Arts, we talk with Kyle Holbrook about his MLK Mural.
In a special episode of Voice of the Arts, we talk with Kyle Holbrook about his Martin Luther King Jr. Mural at Allegheny Center Alliance Church on the North Side.
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Voice of the Arts
Kyle Holbrook's MLK Mural - A Dream in Color
1/15/2026 | 3mVideo has Closed Captions
In a special episode of Voice of the Arts, we talk with Kyle Holbrook about his Martin Luther King Jr. Mural at Allegheny Center Alliance Church on the North Side.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorshipIt's about sharing Martin Luthe King's dream with the community.
You know, brighten the community up through art and being a visual representation of what happens here.
You don't get to say sorry, man.
You just a classy dude.
- If you could say your name, spell it, and then - what you want to say for your title.
Okay, cool.
Yeah Kyle Holbrook: K, Y, L, E, Holbrook: H, O, L, B, R, O, O, K Executive artist.
Kyle Holbrook is only 29, but he already owns his own graphic design company called KH Designs, and he's painte over 100 murals in Pittsburgh.
Well, look at this.
You see little lines like that?
Those make a big difference on murals.
Okay?
Growing up in Wilkinsburg, had two great parents, both teachers.
But still, I got reall involved in gangs and, you know, made a lot of mistakes.
I typicall involve kids into the painting of my mural.
That's my style.
Kids or the community.
The Clemente mural.
The Mac Miller mural, I got thousands of people to come and help paint those.
This is for the community and so this was a partnership with Allegheny Center Alliance Church, which is the hub for the community.
I talked with the lead pastor.
they wanted to do something for the community, something that resonates with the community that speaks to the school.
That school was Martin Luthe King Junior School that it faces The kids see it every day.
What imagery what it was going to look like.
That was kind of up to me.
I really wanted it to be something colorful.
And today, is really a representation of that - his vision, fighting and using my art as a tool to, fight for different messages.
You know I hope that, he'd be proud of it and see that his color, his vision is resonating and permeating - is probably the right word.
His vision is permeating throughout the community Right there.
Fall day coming down.
And the kids as a group say, “Oh wow!” And I love those moments, man.
Because that' the unique thing about a mural - is that somebody's going to see it for the first time 20 years from now, And then it lives on and grows.
And to have that - to have my work right be here in the North Side, right on East Ohio Street, in this great place where they do great things, is an honor, I love it.
Love you, the ‘burg.
Love the burg baby yeah!
Okay.
All right.
I went a little - sorry...
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