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Edificio de Mujeres, San Fran

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Edificio de Mujeres, or The Women’s Building, is a woman owned and operated community centre that opened in 1979. The exterior is covered with a painting titled “MaestraPeace” which depicts women of different cultures and ages throughout history, both real and fictional. Six hundred names are written into the mural. A group of seven women artists (and numerous helpers and volunteers) completed the painting in 1994 (it was restored in 2012). What follows here is a selection of images showing parts of the mural.

below: Over the front entrance

front of the womens building in san francisco, bare breasted woman at top center

part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building,

part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building, African woman with very large holes as earrings, with a baby

part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building, as seen from across the street
part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building, women holding hands above their heads and dancing, one of whom is in a wheelchair

part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building around the entrance to the building

part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building

part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building, painting of symbols and patterns around a door

part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building, a Spanish looking woman and a black woman standing beside each other
part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building, two large hands, one holding a succulent plant with people inside and the other hand is holding a woman coming out of the water with many large waves
part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building, three women

part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building, a nurse, and an elderly woman

part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building

part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building, an older woman standing up

part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building

part of maestrapeace, a mural on the womens building

According to Wikipedia, the artists involved were: Juana Alicia, Miranda Bergman, Edythe Boone, Susan Kelk Cervantes, Meera Desai, Yvonne Littleton, and Irene Perez

Photos taken February 2025

another Stornara selection

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With over 130 murals in Stornara, it would be a bit daunting to show them all in one blog post so I have been spreading them out a bit. My previous post showed some murals on Via Don Enrico Tazzoli, ‘A Stornara wall’. The first few pieces in this post is just around the corner from those.

below: Five faces looking at you, by Chekos

mural in black and white, with pattern covering, five female faces, painted by chekos

below: A closer look at the pattern of lines that the artist uses.

close up of part of checkos mural, black and white with line texture, woman's face

below: A skull with geometric shapes, by Manomatic

manomatic painted mural of a skull with geometric shapes and patterns of different colours on the forehead

below: Beside the skull, a child looks out the window.

image of child looking out a window, painted on a wall, beside mural by manomatic of a skull

below: Giovanni Castro’s artwork of seedlings and new plant life.

mural, slightly abstract, of new seedlings growing, showing roots and new leaves, a red line runs randomly across part of it
closer look at the seedlings in Giovanni Castro's mural

below: “Never invisible again”

two children walking together, back to viewer, image in a mural, along with text that says never invisible again

below: “Lupin e Jigen” by The Gaetan, a tribute to gay love. Both are characters from a manga series, Lupin III, first written by Monkey Punch (aka Kazuhiko Katō) in the 1960s. Lupin is a thief and Jigen is one of several of his gang members. Throughout the series, Jigen remains Lupin’s loyal and reliable partner to the end.

mural in pinks and blues of two men, one in a yellow hat who is saying i love you

below: Are those words written across his face in place of his eyes?

closer view of faces in The Gaeten's mural of two men

below: There are a number of pop culture references in Toni Espinar’s ‘Mondo Patetico’ that was panted during el Festival COMIXSTREET de Stornara in 2022

large mural with many figures and elements by Toni Espinar, title is Mondo Patetico which translates to pathetic world
part of mondo patetico mural, clown similar to the one on The Simpsons TV program, also a child with the words Stop War on a bandage across its forehead, and a label on the hair saying victim. Krusty the Clown is saying tutto e controllato which means everything is checked

part of mondo patetico mural, blond superwoman action hero holding a child, text bubble with a poop emoji in it

below: Nearby, there are a few more walls that were (or could have been) painted during Comixstreet such as this image – she wears Wonder Woman’s clothes but carried Captain America’s shield. It was also painted by The Gaetan.

comic book like character, female captain america, carrying captain america round shield

two buildings across the street from each other in Stornara Italy, both with murals painted on them

below: A couple of “comic book” type illustrations by Devil Art Design

mural by Devil Art Design, painted for comix street festival, comic book characters, man holding woman who has fainted

below: by Kris Rizek “Donatrix (The great red riding hood)” – she carries a basket of spray paint cans to grandma’s house and no wolf is going to stop her!

large mural by Rizek of a woman in dark read hooded cloak, carrying a wicker basket full of spray paint cans

murals, Seville apartment buildings

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In Seville’s Poligono de San Pablo neighbourhood there is a growing number of murals on the ends of the midrise buildings that in the area. Since 2010, the group Arte Para Todos has organized the painting of most of these murals.

below: LEFT: “Younger Hands” by Josh Sarantitis.
RIGHT: “Planeta Tierra” by Luis Alberto López Cruz

below: A closer look at the mural on the left, a young child pushes a wheel barrow.

close up look at mural of child with a wheel barrow overflowing with things

below: And next, a closer look at the faces and abstractions in “Planeta Terra” – a horse, pink faces, flowers, and leaves.

behind a few small trees, a large mural called Planeta Terra, in Seville Spain, a horse head, a pink face, and other abstract colours and shapes

below: “Flemenca” dancer by Maya Angelon, Verónica Werckmeister, and Cristina Werckmeister, painted early in February 2023. The words were taken from two sources – a song and a poem. They say “NOW you understand just why my head’s not bowed – it’s in the CLICK of my heels and the BEND of my hair, the palm of my hand, the need of my care, ’cause I’m a PHENOMENALLY phenomenal WOMAN, that’s me.”

mural on the side of a residential building, multi storey, flamenco dancer, woman, in long red dress with black sleeves, text beside the dancer

below: Blue Earth map on Plaza Adoracion de Los Pastores. “Will tomorrow’s world be free?”. Signed INO, Wang Lu, Fl Vincent, Art For All 2010.

dark blue wall, with painting of the Earth as seen from space with Europe in the center, street sign says Plaza Adoracion de los Pastores,

below: A South American themed “Inca Dreams”

mural with kids playing in front of a gold, orange, and yellow wall with incan and south american symbols

below: Sleeping baby, “El niño” by Elninodelaspinturas, painted February 2023.

Large mural of a baby sleeping with pacifier, dummy, in its mouth

below: Two large murals and a green wall adorn the buildings.

Residential buildings with murals on them, 2 large murals, and one large wall of green. One of the murals is a man's portrait

below: A man divided, a man in two styles, a man painted by 310 Squad and given the title “Communist”. 310 Squad is a Russian artist, Stepan Krasnov.

below: All together in a banana-man boat, sailing through the water with the snakes and fishes in an imaginative creation by Nelson Roman. “El Cacique Banana y sus Guerreros” (The Chief Banana and his Warriors).

below: Yellow dots make the man – with a melting chin? Is he crying horizontal tears? The piece is titled “La Mirada Ilorona” (translates to the weeping look or the maudlin look) and it was also painted by 310 Squad.

with street sign saying Gallega de la Monde, street art mural of a man painted in dots by 310 crew. Yellow dots for skin, blue dots for eyes, white stripes for tracks of tears

below: Close by the weeping man, is another mural in yellow

part of 2 murals on 2 adjacent buildings, one is a portrait of a man with a large tree in front of it

below: “The Yellow Soldier” by Ukrainian artist Interesni Kazki (aka Aleksei Bordusov)

All in yellows, a mural by Aleksei Bordsov

below: “Agua Fértil” by Ivan Fiallos, rain falls into the water.

mural by Ivan Faillos on the side of a building in Seville Spain, a cloud is raining on a body of water. Some sort of creature lies at the bottom of the water

below: This is what lies under the water, a man on his back with his knees pointed upwards. A parrot sits on his knees while a dead? bird lies on his stomach.

part of a mural, a man lying on his back underwater with a parrot on his knee

below: She carries the city in a basket on her head as she wades past the ships and boats in a mural by Katie Yamasaki. The title is “Dedicado a la Infancia” (Dedicated to Childhood)

mural on the side of a building, a woman carries a basket with the city inside it

below: Filosofia, philosophy personified or brought to life?

part of a painting on a wall, a woman in orange and blue with three books on her head, philosophy, history, and

below: Dancing in the garden

part of a mural of men and women dancing outoors . One man is giving a woman a large bouquet of flowers, all are wearing hats.

below: The next three go together with this first photo being the center of the artwork on a Parroquia de San Pablo wall.

part of a mural, a boy with pencil and lots of papers that he's been drawing and writing on
part of a mural with girl with red heart on a piece of paper
part of mural in mostly blue tones, a grinning man in a fedora plays the guitar as a sheet of paper with flower drawings on it passes by

Photos taken February 2023

Also from this neighbourhood is a mural featured in a previous post, “fantasy among the windows”

‘Out and About’ in Weston

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‘Out and About – Windows of Time’ is a large mural by Christiano De Araujo that features scenes from the social history of Weston village.  Unfortunately, the (painted) young man who is sitting on the sidewalk and playing a guitar is hidden by the (real) car parked in front of the mural.

part of mural by Christiano De Araujoo, windows of time, in Weston, history series, starting with kids in front of bakery window from the 1880s

part of mural by Christiano De Araujo, windows of time, in Weston, history series, a WW2 couple kissing soldier and woman in blue with blue hat, also a couple dancing from the 1960s. Another window shows interior of soda parlor

part of mural by Christiano De Araujoo, windows of time, in Weston, history series, Out and About, people doing things

part of mural by Christiano De Araujo, windows of time, in Weston, history series, woman in yellow head scarf pushes a stroller past a restaurant window while a young boy wearing glasses chases birds

part of a mural by Christiano De Araujo, a young man has a ghetto blaster to his ear and his arm around a young woman, in front of a restaurant window where there are people sitting

meating place and others

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More Buffalo NY street art

below: On the side of Lorigo’s Meating Place on Grant Street, a large mural featuring many people that was installed in 2013.  This is “Grant Street Global Voices”; it was created by muralist Augustina Droze with help from students at International School 45 and Lafayette High School.   Eighty panels were put together to form the mural – and unfortunately a couple of them seem to have fallen down.

5 storey brick building on Grant St in Buffalo, with green trim around the windows and a small parking lot beside, sign on the side of the building says Meating Place. There is a large mural on the side of the building featuring realistic portraits of many people, including two trumpet players, a girl in a red head scarf, and other men and women,

below: Also on Grant Street is another community mural… The PUSH mural by Max Collins and others, named for the fact that it is over the entrance to PUSH (People United for Sustainable Housing) center.

mural over the entranceway to a building. Two sets of clasped hands, all with different skin tones. Scenes of children playing in the background.

below:  A large octopus swims close by on this door.
A supersized creature for a supersized door.

blue mural on an industrial building door, blue marine scene feathuring a large close up of an octopus eye and part of its body, along with some yellow fish, some lily pads and a water lily flower

 

below: Unicorn!  But behind a fence.

mural of a unicorn with a rainbow coloured horn, jumping, behind a wood fence

 

below:  It was the interesting architectural detail over the door that first caught my eye.  Then I notice the words, “diez anos como un roble cayendo”  Ten years like an oak falling?

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below: A flute player plays to a parking meter.   A Buffalo parking meter of a type that is long gone from Toronto streets.

black and white photo of a man playing the flute, pasted onto a woodedn fence beside a sidewalk, next to a book store, a parking meter nearby, on a street in Buffalo

below: Sweetness cafe is the scene of at least three pieces of street art, starting with this woman who smiles at those of us who look up from the sidewalk.   I also like the white mugs hanging from the awning.
a large, life sized or larger, paste up of a drawing of the head and shoulders of a black middle aged woman, smiling, above the awning for the Sweetness cafe. 6 white mugs hang from hooks through holes along the lower edge of the awning

below: The door next door has been re-done but that involved removing the face of this paste-up.  A facelift gone awry.

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below: But this painting is still on the wall of the Sweetness Cafe.

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below: And we’ll end with the trash.  He’s looks happy to take care of your garbage.
Added note, Sonder is a band from Buffalo

part of the side of a green metal container for recycling bins on a Buffalo sidewalk, relief sculpture of a man on the side, to which someone has added to sticker, one is a happy face sticker on the head and another is a parody of wonder bread that says sonder.