Mission Muralismo

Cell phone photo in front of the mural we helped paint

Last night X and I attended a fundraising gala for Precita Eyes, a mural-producing NPO from the Mission district of San Francisco. I first encountered Precita Eyes while working for the SFMOMA. They helped create Kerry James Marshall's wall-based works in the museum's atrium (here is a great video of Marshall speaking about the mural. You can see the Precita muralists in the background).

Most of PE's murals are not in museums, however. They coat the alleys in the Mission district, a heavily latino area in SF, and even pop up in Lebanon and China. Below are two of my favorites:

"Abundance and Prosperity for All" (2008). China Books, South San Francisco

"Vamos Gigantes" PG&E Substation, 19th St between Mission and Valencia (the work features famous Hispanic players, the old "Seals" stadium, two SF stars - Joe DiMaggio and Barry Bonds - and more)