Artist Honors The Black Mothers Who’ve Lost Their Sons To Police Brutality

“I want to show that the women are really the leaders, through their gentleness, nurturing and tenacity. Women are revolutionaries.”



“These mothers, they are the living victims,” artist Sylvia Maier told The Huffington Post. “Living with the loss of their children.”

Maier is referring to the Circle of Mothers, a national support group for mothers whose children were murdered by police officers. Started by Sybrina Fulton in 2012 after the death of her son Trayvon Martin, the Circle of Mothers network provides mothers with a space to grieve, heal and advocate for a better world together.

These courageous women are the subjects of Maier’s upcoming exhibition, titled “The Circle of Mothers Project.” The series, consisting of oil paintings, depicts women who did not ask to become heroes, who hoped to endure the average ups and downs of any mother; however, prejudice, police brutality and gun violence forever ruptured the trajectory of their lives.




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Mommy, she raised she nurtured she lost.