Painted by Jonny Balesteros, aka Jonny Bubonik |
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Seeds of Change
I found this mural on May 10, 2019 at the Steve Daru Boys and Girls Club next to Joaquin Murrieta Park.
Click on the photo for a larger and sharper image.
Friday, August 23, 2019
Outside Davis Bilingual Elementary
Davis Bilingual Elementary School has lots of art inside and out. The outside art is concentrated on the south side of the building near the main entrance; most of these have been repainted in the past couple of years. Others are spread around the grounds.
I've been coming here for years. I found two murals on May 12, 2018, near the northeast corner of the building, that I hadn't seen before:
On my last visit, May 15, 2019, I photographed the repainted murals outside. The first six are snapshots of Tucson through the centuries.
(If you want a lot of flexibility and control over photos with your cell phone camera, try the OpenCamera app. I think it only works on Android. Look through its Settings menu and the “...” menu on the desktop to see all the choices you have.)
I've been coming here for years. I found two murals on May 12, 2018, near the northeast corner of the building, that I hadn't seen before:
On my last visit, May 15, 2019, I photographed the repainted murals outside. The first six are snapshots of Tucson through the centuries.
(If you want a lot of flexibility and control over photos with your cell phone camera, try the OpenCamera app. I think it only works on Android. Look through its Settings menu and the “...” menu on the desktop to see all the choices you have.)
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Inside Davis Bilingual Elementary
This blog has lots of photos of the art at Davis Bilingual Elementary School. (To see more, click on the “Search this blog” link in the right column, then type Davis Elementary.) A lot of the murals were painted by students. Others are by Luis Gustavo Mena, a Tucson muralist who does a lot to help the school. I stopped by on May 15th to see his mural in the cafeteria. The helpful people in the school office pointed out other murals inside.
Cafeteria
The mural and three closeups:Hallways
Alongside some of the murals — which, I think, students painted — is some of what looks like their classroom artwork.Monday, August 19, 2019
Dwayne Manuel painting Landslice murals at TMA
Last week's TMA-list newsletter, dated August 12 (you can click there to see it), includes some info and a video of Dwayne Manuel — of the On’k Akimel Oʼodham/Salt River-Maricopa Indian Community — working on the installation Landslice: a series of murals.
TMA will post weekly videos to show his progress. I try to tweet each week's TMA-list issue from @TucsonArt on Twitter; you can click there to see them, even if you don't have a Twitter account. Or you can subscribe to the newsletter.
TMA will post weekly videos to show his progress. I try to tweet each week's TMA-list issue from @TucsonArt on Twitter; you can click there to see them, even if you don't have a Twitter account. Or you can subscribe to the newsletter.
Friday, August 16, 2019
Selena
Selena Quintanilla-Pérez was a pop culture icon killed in 1995. A film was made about her life and career starring Jennifer Lopez. Jonny Ballesteros (aka Jonny Bubonik) painted this image of Selena on a wall of the American Eat Co. and Market. Photographed on April 22, 2019.
Click on the photo for a larger and sharper image.
Click on the photo for a larger and sharper image.
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Paint a mural on Saturday
From The Arizona Daily Star's online #ThisIsTucson:
Help Tucson artists paint murals on a Fourth Avenue construction fence
Help Tucson artists paint murals on a Fourth Avenue construction fence
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Murals in Montevideo
I like to travel, and I like murals. Since you're reading this, you probably like murals too — even if they aren't in Tucson. So here's a look at a few murals in the creative city of Montevideo, Uruguay. The streets have a lot of graffiti; some of it I'd call urban art and others, well, tagging…
I took the photos July 25th.
I took the photos July 25th.
Friday, August 09, 2019
Pescaderia y Taqueria Yami
Tuesday, August 06, 2019
Quick Rialto mural tour
Before the downtown construction boom of the past few years, it used to be easy to see the ever-changing concert murals on the east side of the Rialto Theatre. Since a building went up close to the murals, now there's just an alley. To see the murals from a car, you really need to get out and walk. In case you haven't been there, here's a quick tour.
I snagged this photo while I was stopped in traffic on Congress January 19th:
Once you're on foot, you'll see the Prince mural that's on the wall permanently — as well as the latest concert mural(s):
Joe Pagac's little man and monkey are at the right edge of the photo above.
I snagged this photo while I was stopped in traffic on Congress January 19th:
Once you're on foot, you'll see the Prince mural that's on the wall permanently — as well as the latest concert mural(s):
Joe Pagac's little man and monkey are at the right edge of the photo above.
Friday, August 02, 2019
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Back of the Lost Barrio
The Lost Barrio is a shopping area along Park Avenue south of Broadway. If you come in on 12th Street from Euclid or Tyndall, you'll see the back side of the buildings. It's a funky scene: a dirt parking lot with a bunch of old doors and a couple of murals (maybe more, or others, by the time you see this).
If you'd like a Google satellite map with a pin in front of the wall, click there.
Here's the door at the right end of the first photo above… photos of the mural are next:
The first, second, third and fifth photos above are from January 2, 2019. Photos 4 and 6 are from January 19.
Gerardo Olmedo, the owner of Lost Barrio Gallery — the store behind the mural — sent me this photo on April 16th of Salvador Duran in front of his mural:
If you'd like a Google satellite map with a pin in front of the wall, click there.
Here's the door at the right end of the first photo above… photos of the mural are next:
The first, second, third and fifth photos above are from January 2, 2019. Photos 4 and 6 are from January 19.
Gerardo Olmedo, the owner of Lost Barrio Gallery — the store behind the mural — sent me this photo on April 16th of Salvador Duran in front of his mural:
Friday, July 26, 2019
Danny Martin Art
Danny Martin has two small murals near downtown Tucson that have not appeared in this blog. Both were photographed on 3/14/2019. Here they are:
Click on either photo for larger and sharper images.
South side of Etherton Gallery (of photography)
at 135 South Sixth Ave.
Camera Lady |
25 West Simpson St.
Must be viewed from Stone Ave. down an alley.
Must be viewed from Stone Ave. down an alley.
"Peggy Sue" |
Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Murals being (re-)made, part 52: Anita Market
The Anita Street Market has had murals on its north wall since at least 2009 — which is when I took this photo on May 14th:
(It's from the blog entry Murals in (on) store.)
Since then, the left (east) side of the mural has been repainted; the right-side mural was also freshened up. Let's start with photos of the completed mural… I took them on May 15, 2019. After these are photos of the new murals being painted.
Next, the murals being repainted on August 22, 2018. In the second photo, you can see that they've kept the man holding the moon and the sun in his hands from the older mural. The last photo shows that the mural had been tagged.
The right-most mural is signed Gino M. on the bottom left corner and Jesus C. on the bottom right.
(It's from the blog entry Murals in (on) store.)
Since then, the left (east) side of the mural has been repainted; the right-side mural was also freshened up. Let's start with photos of the completed mural… I took them on May 15, 2019. After these are photos of the new murals being painted.
Next, the murals being repainted on August 22, 2018. In the second photo, you can see that they've kept the man holding the moon and the sun in his hands from the older mural. The last photo shows that the mural had been tagged.
The right-most mural is signed Gino M. on the bottom left corner and Jesus C. on the bottom right.
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