Monday, September 17, 2012

Monday Mural: Oakland Super Heros

This new mural on San Pablo Ave. in West Oakland at the Emeryville border is sponsored by the Attitudinal Healing Connection.  It was designed by local high school students and executed by students and a volunteer group of 12 artists.  This is the first of 6 murals planned for freeway support structures in West Oakland.  It is about 100 feet long and took 18 days to complete.
Many of the figures are portraits of neighbors, and there are depictions of actual houses and buildings in the area.  The girl super hero is modeled after one of the high school students who helped design the mural.  Read more about this mural here and here.  It is a beautiful and colorful presence in an area that suffers poverty, neglect, and crime.

If you like murals or have a mural you'd like to post, this meme's for you.  Just follow the Linky steps below.  You decide what constitutes a mural.  Be sure to link back to this blog and visit your fellow posters.  Looking forward to the mural finds posted this week.  I will be out of town during September and my ability to comment may be limited.  The Linky, however, will continue to go up 8 PM PST each Sunday.

8 comments:

  1. that is a very powerful mural. i do like the inclusion of victorian houses.

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  2. such wonderful piece of art. may time and life please treat it kind. very impressed ! please have a good new week ahead.

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  3. I believe if you use students to paint the murals like they did with these ones it cuts down on graffiti.

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  4. A major undertaking, and stylish as well.

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  5. This is a well done mural. Bravo.

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  6. Wonderful piece and done so quickly!

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  7. Auténticas obras de Arte al alcance de cualquiera...

    Muchas gracias por compartirlas con nosotros!

    Un abrazo!

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  8. Beautiful work. I especially like that it was painted by members of the community.

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