In 2020, I was asked to design a mural covering the facade of a three-story building that houses a Latino low-income housing project and a historic queer community bar. In collaboration with Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), an organization working 40+ years to keep Latinos and working families in San Francisco’s Mission District, and El Rio -a fabulous 40+ year old queer neighborhood bar, I embarked on this massive mural challenge.
This mural depicts the many faces, traditions and ethnic backgrounds within the Latino community in the US while it champions sexual and gender diversity.
EL RIO
“LatinX”
Acrylic
Approx 420 sqft
September 2020
3158 Mission St. San Francisco, CA
Collaboration with Winston Studios & Simon Malvaez