Due to finish by this Friday, June 23rd, each of the elements in the mural represents one of the businesses along South 12th Ave. The artist, Johanna Martinez (w/assistants Alex Jimenez & Amatha (Amy) Krier) plans to have interviews with the business owners. The audio will be accessible thru your cell phone, thus the name "The Talking Mural". Johanna and her crew have been working nights from sunset well into early morning.
Mamta Popat, a photojournalist from the Arizona Daily Star was there and these are her
Photos. Here are the photos I took on June 19:
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| North wall of Oasis Fruit Cones |
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| The crew at work |
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| Johanna |
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| Johanna & Alex |
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| Alex adding details |
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| Amatha also adding details |
As usual, click on any photo for a slide show of larger and sharper images. To see other murals by Johanna or Alex on this blog, click their name in the “Labels” list below.
A Cronkite News (ASU) story in the Arizona Daily Independent,
Signs Of The Times: Tucson Artist Aims To Capture The History Of The South Side.
This mural replaces an older one that you can see in our
November 27, 2011 entry.
The rest of the story is in
Pachanga (Murals being made, part 47b).
Update (January 11, 2019):
Today's blog entry shows another mural with a QR code — on Toole Avenue. That mural, which is gone now, used your smartphone to make you look like an angel.
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