San Francisco's Mission District is home to hundreds of outdoor murals making it a global destination for this art form.
The organization has been sharing the community's legacy of mural art through their educational tours since the group was founded by Susan Cervantes in 1977. To this day, Cervantes offers a regular ‘History Mural Tour’ with the group. "We have the densest concentration of murals anywhere in the United States," Rose says. She says Precita Eyes is composed of educators.
"The butterflies on the Precita Avenue wall are monarchs, which are a powerful symbol of immigration and we have many immigrant neighbors in this community showing that welcome and solidarity with our immigrant neighbors." "There are a lot of themes that are very contemporary or current through whatever is happening in our lives at a certain point." Stream KTVU on your TV by downloading Fox Local on your Roku, Amazon Fire, AndroidTV or AppleTV device for free.
"A number of older murals in Balmy Alley were painted in response to civil wars in Central America so that was a unifying theme. In more recent times…immigration. That's kind of a big concern in the heart of the Mission. Because of a large immigrant population, gentrification is a big issue now as well. Not just the gentrification of the community, but that's resulted in a lot of displacement of long-term residents as a big concern. That's been showing up in recent murals.
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