Altadena Mural
A community prayer for the land, made with the survivors of the Eaton Fire.
Made with Altadena, for Altadena
In January 2025, the Eaton Fire tore through Altadena, taking homes, histories, and the records of generations. In its aftermath, I gathered with residents to make a mural, a public artwork that holds the neighborhood's prayers for the land.
Over four days in July 2025, residents, volunteers, and nonprofit partners helped build the wall, paint a design of sacred geometry and nature symbols, and seal their own written prayers between its layers.
Beside the mural, a QR code opens Voices of Altadena, where anyone can hear residents speak these prayers aloud in their own voices, learn the story of the project, and give directly to A Resilient Tomorrow, the Altadena nonprofit supporting the community's recovery. What the fire tried to take, this wall keeps.
Voices of Altadena
One film holds the prayers of Altadena, spoken by residents in their own voices. Sealed, but never silenced.
Sealed into the wall
Residents sealed their written prayers between the layers of the mural, not to hide them, but to keep them. A prayer sealed is a prayer protected: present, and felt, even where it can no longer be read. It joins a long human instinct to guard what is most sacred within a wall, a scroll upon a doorpost, a stone within an altar.
At the mural's heart is a single non-denominational prayer, endorsed by interfaith leaders. It is an offering for this place and the people rebuilding here. Prayers, blessings, and hopes, in any faith or in none, are welcome here.
What is sealed is not lost. Sealed, but never silenced.
The making
Four days of building, painting, and sealing prayers into the wall.
Scan · Hear · Give
A single QR code beside the mural turns a moment of reverence into direct help for fire survivors.
Read & watch
The story of the project and the community who made it, with the film of the gathering.
Hear the voices
Residents' own recorded prayers for the land, in their own breath. Sealed, and still speaking.
Give directly
Give to A Resilient Tomorrow (ART), the Altadena nonprofit distributing relief and helping families rebuild.
The mural & the making
Support Altadena's recovery
Give to A Resilient Tomorrow (ART), the Black-women-led Altadena nonprofit providing relief, resources, and advocacy for residents rebuilding after the Eaton Fire. Donations go entirely to ART's Altadena recovery fund, not to the mural or the artist, and are tax-deductible through its fiscal sponsor, the Collidescope Foundation.
A Resilient Tomorrow (ART)
Founded by Altadena women to distribute relief supplies, support families, and help the community rebuild after the fire.
Partners & supporters
The mural was made possible by the people of Altadena and by these organizations and businesses.
Ekaterina Sky
Ekaterina Sky is a Los Angeles-based visual artist, muralist, and environmental advocate whose work centers our interconnection with the natural world. Her Prayer for the Earth and Forests of the World projects have been presented at Carnegie Hall, during Los Angeles Climate Week, and at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference. In each work, a handwritten prayer for the living world is sealed beneath gold, protected, present, and felt.