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Los colores dan energía a la gente, Tijuana Day 61
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Los colores dan energía a la gente, Tijuana Day 61

Mural Intervention in Colonia Camino Verde. "Colors give people energy."  Camino Verde is a neighborhood in Tijuana that started out in 1985 as a squatter community of a few hundred homes on the far outskirts of the city.  Today, Camino Verde hosts a population of 42,000 of mostly immigrant families […]

Mural in the colonia, Tijuana Day 37
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Mural in the colonia, Tijuana Day 37

A local teenager wields a long-armed paint roller to help out the artist Once Cero Dos as he worked on his mural on Calle Epiteto in the Camino Verde colonia of Tijuana. 

La Suprema Tortilleria, Tijuana Day 26
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La Suprema Tortilleria, Tijuana Day 26

Art intervention in Camino Verde

Sacred Heart, Tijuana Day 24
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Sacred Heart, Tijuana Day 24

Kafy’s powerful contribution to the mural project in colonia Camino Verde in Tijuana.

Angel and the Mermaid, Tijuana Day 22
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Angel and the Mermaid, Tijuana Day 22

Angel sitting on the wall of his house, on Calle Isla San Lorenzo, in the colonia Camino Verde.  Mural artists Spel Uno & Shente finished their mermaids piece that day as part of a Reacciona Tijuana project to paint inspiring murals on people’s homes.

Mural in Camino Verde, Tijuana Day 21
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Mural in Camino Verde, Tijuana Day 21

Amazing mural project in Camino Verde … more info coming soon to my blog!

‘A rupture in the everyday’: A new Chicano mural gives UCSD students a sense of belonging
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‘A rupture in the everyday’: A new Chicano mural gives UCSD students a sense of belonging

Originally published in San Diego CityBeat May 24, 2011 by Jill Holslin The UCSD campus can feel really gray. Widely celebrated for its cutting-edge architecture and world-class collection of conceptual art, the campus can also feel “too high-techie” and “too modern,” students say. Concerned for years about low enrollment of […]