LATEST AOTO MURAL COMPLETED
Brings Color and Light from the Darkness of 2025 LA Fires
December 2025 – Roald Bradstock a.k.a “The Olympic Picasso” and the Executive Director of the Art of the Olympians program, announced completion of his latest mural work commemorating the 2028 LA Olympics.
Titled “LA Rising Together”, Bradstock’s latest mural, globally recognizing the Olympism Art Genre, debuted at the renown ArtPrize exhibit in Grand Rapids, MI, this past fall. The large (75” x 134”) “LA Rising Together” 10-panel charcoal drawing was created by Bradstock with reference to the devastating 2025 wildfires and the upcoming 2028 LA Olympic Games.
More than 1,000 ArtPrize visitors added color to the signature piece during the exhibition at the festival bringing brightness and life to the dark charcoal mural. Plans are for the “LA Rising Together” mural to tour with the Art of the Olympians outreach art education program in schools throughout the country and will be accompanied by the “Together” mural created in Lake Placid earlier this year.
Al Oerter Foundation/Art of the Olympians Media Contact: Steve Apesos s.apesos@artoftheolympians.org
ABOUT THE AL OERTER FOUNDATION/ART OF THE OLYMPIANS
The Al Oerter Foundation (AOF) and its program organization – Art of the Olympians (AOTO) – is a Florida chartered not-for-profit foundation created in 2006 by four-time gold medalist Al Oerter. Through Olympian and Paralympian artists, AOF/AOTO uniquely couples art exhibitions with education by providing programs of art, education, sport, and cultural outreach – both nationally and internationally – to inspire individuals (particularly the youth) to uphold the virtues of the Olympic ideals of excellence, friendship, respect, and fair play.
LATEST AOTO MURAL COMPLETED
Brings Color and Light from the Darkness of 2025 LA Fires
December 2025 – Roald Bradstock a.k.a “The Olympic Picasso” and the Executive Director of the Art of the Olympians program, announced completion of his latest mural work commemorating the 2028 LA Olympics.
Titled “LA Rising Together”, Bradstock’s latest mural, globally recognizing the Olympism Art Genre, debuted at the renown ArtPrize exhibit in Grand Rapids, MI, this past fall. The large (75” x 134”) “LA Rising Together” 10-panel charcoal drawing was created by Bradstock with reference to the devastating 2025 wildfires and the upcoming 2028 LA Olympic Games.
More than 1,000 ArtPrize visitors added color to the signature piece during the exhibition at the festival bringing brightness and life to the dark charcoal mural. Plans are for the “LA Rising Together” mural to tour with the Art of the Olympians outreach art education program in schools throughout the country and will be accompanied by the “Together” mural created in Lake Placid earlier this year.
Al Oerter Foundation/Art of the Olympians Media Contact: Steve Apesos s.apesos@artoftheolympians.org
ABOUT THE AL OERTER FOUNDATION/ART OF THE OLYMPIANS
The Al Oerter Foundation (AOF) and its program organization – Art of the Olympians (AOTO) – is a Florida chartered not-for-profit foundation created in 2006 by four-time gold medalist Al Oerter. Through Olympian and Paralympian artists, AOF/AOTO uniquely couples art exhibitions with education by providing programs of art, education, sport, and cultural outreach – both nationally and internationally – to inspire individuals (particularly the youth) to uphold the virtues of the Olympic ideals of excellence, friendship, respect, and fair play.
