COVID mural commemorating loss of BIPOC lives
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Precita Eyes , with the support of Richard Fine People’s Clinic staff, is working on a mural to commemorate the loss of Latinx and Black/African American lives to COVID.
The mural is in process - you can find it on the side of a building in the Mission near York and 24th Street .
It is being designed and painted by the mural company Twin Walls . The estimated cost of the mural is about $4,000. The generous staff of RFPC has provided over $1,000 in seed money. Please consider a donation of any amount to help close the gap and compensate the artists.
More about the mural: Starting from the left-hand side of the mural is life during the pandemic. You can see farmworkers, grocery store clerks and delivery workers. These are the people who risked their lives to ensure that everyone had the food and supplies of daily life. We also wanted to acknowledge and honor the nurses and health care workers who have taken care of our loved ones. Under the nurses are mycelium growing and connecting to heal our life force. The cocoons on the middle left side represent the transition of our ancestors and the butterflies above symbolize their spirits protecting and guiding us.
In the center of the mural are hands planting seeds. During the pandemic many of us have found joy and solace in planting and growing our own food. We are going back to the basics of life and talking to the earth. Mother earth will heal us, we just need to tend to her as well.
Next to the garden an Abuela sews masks to protect her family and community, a young girl is painting a mural on the ground representing the community and artists coming out during shelter in place to paint boarded up businesses and creating in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests. A transparent flower grows within her.
Behind her is a graduate drive by celebration showing us moving into a smarter future and the hope that we will be able to hug our loved ones again. The grandmother and granddaughter hugging turn into a heart representing family is the heart of our community.
The bottom right side of the mural is water coming from Juana Alicia's mural La Llorona which turns into the fabric being sewn into a Serape to guide and flow through the entire mural.
The mural is in process - you can find it on the side of a building in the Mission near York and 24th Street .
It is being designed and painted by the mural company Twin Walls . The estimated cost of the mural is about $4,000. The generous staff of RFPC has provided over $1,000 in seed money. Please consider a donation of any amount to help close the gap and compensate the artists.
More about the mural: Starting from the left-hand side of the mural is life during the pandemic. You can see farmworkers, grocery store clerks and delivery workers. These are the people who risked their lives to ensure that everyone had the food and supplies of daily life. We also wanted to acknowledge and honor the nurses and health care workers who have taken care of our loved ones. Under the nurses are mycelium growing and connecting to heal our life force. The cocoons on the middle left side represent the transition of our ancestors and the butterflies above symbolize their spirits protecting and guiding us.
In the center of the mural are hands planting seeds. During the pandemic many of us have found joy and solace in planting and growing our own food. We are going back to the basics of life and talking to the earth. Mother earth will heal us, we just need to tend to her as well.
Next to the garden an Abuela sews masks to protect her family and community, a young girl is painting a mural on the ground representing the community and artists coming out during shelter in place to paint boarded up businesses and creating in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests. A transparent flower grows within her.
Behind her is a graduate drive by celebration showing us moving into a smarter future and the hope that we will be able to hug our loved ones again. The grandmother and granddaughter hugging turn into a heart representing family is the heart of our community.
The bottom right side of the mural is water coming from Juana Alicia's mural La Llorona which turns into the fabric being sewn into a Serape to guide and flow through the entire mural.
Organizer
Suzanne Portnoy
Organizer
San Francisco, CA
Precita Eyes Muralists
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