Murals being made, part 66: La Mujer Empoderada

At sunrise on November 11th last year, I was mural-hunting downtown when I saw this mural in progress at the corner of 5th Avenue and Congress, the east side of the One North Fifth Avenue building:

On February 18, Ignacio Garcia described the mural on his @ignacio_garcia_art Instagram account. (If you don't have an account, you can probably click on that link and scroll through… but don't click/tap on any photo because you'll be asked to log in.) He wrote:

A small treasure for downtown tucson at 1st N. 5th St, from LoveBlock Partners, who also have businesses such as the HUB Restaurant, Little Love Burger, and the AC Hotel, wanted a piece that represented female empowerment and the increase in female leaders throughout Tucson. The mural represents strength, leadership, and the beauty of boldness.

Titled “La Mujer Empoderada” The Empowered Woman.

BG Boyd Photography sent this photo of Ignacio at work taken (according to data in the photo) February 9th…

… and posted this video on YouTube:



Here's a link to that video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wX7jrI8k5Hg.

David Aber sent this photo of the finished mural on February 21:

Update (April 7, 2024): On a walk through downtown today, I noticed that Ignacio also painted part of the building's south wall, along Congress Street: