A local’s guide to Mexico City: 10 tips describes a mural project by Aida Mulato and Jóvenes Artesanos to help rehabilitate her Roma neighborhood following the September 2017 earthquakes. According to the article, “The colourful murals celebrate indigenous communities and women, who continue to suffer most from the earthquakes. The project supports the larger goals of Jóvenes Artesanos and gives various support to about 150 artisans with whom Mulato works. With 15 murals painted already, the goal is to create a circuit of 68, representing the country’s indigenous populations.”
What an enlightened and wonderful contrast to the game of cat and mouse, street mural artists have been facing here in Oaxaca for the past few years, where many (including me) have been asking, are Color and culture, unwelcome? However, while they may be more ephemeral than we would wish, artists are still at work on the sides of our own crumbling buildings, and murals still can be found on the walls of Oaxaca.
Enjoy them while you can, they may be gone tomorrow.
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Thanks so much! The ONLY thing that disappointed me about Oaxaca was the lack of wall art.
Wow – I hope you spend some time in Roma/CDMX as it’s such a energetic and hipster inspired neighborhood. It’s my hood when I pass through entering exiting Mexico from OAX and Chiapas to the US. It’s a great place to chill/eat/explore and shop. Plus amazing architecture from the Porfirio Diaz era. Hope to have a blog post soon about the social activism / murals in Roma.
Keep photographing the ephemeral wall art of Oaxaca – very inspiring Shannon!!!
I have put roaming around the Roma on my next CDMX visit list. 😉
More amazing heart-stirring art. Thank you (again).
Thank you Alana!
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