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October 8, 2018

“NINOS DEL MUNDO”

by Charles W. Felix and Norma Montoya

In the early 70s Los Angeles muralists Charles W. Felix, aka Cat, and Norma Montoya shared a common struggle with San Diego artists Victor Ochoa and Mario Torero. Both pairs striving to “embolden their communities through public art,” organized a mural exchange program between Boyle Heights and Logan Heights, and in 1975 Felix and Montoya painted “Children of the World” as a gift to Barrio Logan. With bold colors and playful shapes the artists set out to paint a vision of optimism and childlike wonder in the face of life’s obstacles—a message that the power of creativity can achieve a life of beauty and wisdom. The pillar under the Coronado Bridge approach above Logan Ave most recently went through revitalization in 2011.  @chicanopark_museum  @culturadelbarrio​  @barriologanmad  

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January 16, 2018

“THE HISTORICAL MURAL”

by Toltecas en Aztlan

With construction of Interstate 5 and the Coronado Bridge another minority hispanic community fell victim to California’s massive growth of the mid-century, displacing nearly 1,500 residents of San Diego’s Barrio Logan. A galvanized community responded with demands for space and Chicano Park was born under and around the bridge, writing an important new chapter in the Chicano Mural Movement. Soon after, in 1973 (but restored multiple times since), Toltecas en Aztlan—Guillermo Aranda, Arturo Roman, Salvador Barrajas, Jose Cervantes, Sammy Llamas, Bebe Llamas, Victor Ochoa, Ernest Paul, Guillermo Rosete, Guilbert “Magu” Lujan, and M.E.Ch.A. (from UC Irvine)—painted this Logan Ave. reminder of the rich heritage of the community. Below the watchful eyes of heroic portraits of revolutionaries from both political and artistic worlds, the group painted a series of people and events important to “La Lucha Continúa”  (the ongoing stuggle).  @chicanopark_museum  @culturadelbarrio​  @barriologanmad  

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Blow Up Lab printed and installed 8 murals on linen for this amazing exhibition about the history of Chicano murals in the greater Los Angeles Area: "Murales Rebeldes" at the California Historical Society in San Francisco. It's your last chance to see it. It closes this Sunday Sep 16th 2018. #muralesrebeldes #chicanomurals #chicanomuralmovement #chicanomuralist #inkjet #inkjetprint #inkjetprinting #art #artmural (at California Historical Society) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnmKlyhFlrg/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=yfjt7mr9jt8v