Jonathan Cohen's photos with the keyword: Mujeres Muralistas

It has been said that the best way to view the murals of the Mission is through the windshield of the number 14 bus. Indeed, MUNI’s line 14 carries over 36,000 passengers on its daily runs through the Mission District. In this mural, native children and tropical landscapes juxtapose a rocket-propelled city bus. This mural was a community effort created as part of a Precita Eyes workshop, designed and painted by Elba Rivera, Barbara Devaney, Laura Smith, Keith Lewis, David Isaacson, and Oscar H. Directed by Susan Cervantes and 2 kids Georgina and Jr.

The Mujeres Muralistas was a group of Chicana/Latina artists in the Mission District who pioneered large-scale, woman-painted outdoor murals. In the words of Patricia Rodriguez: "One big motivation for us was recognizing that there had been no successful women muralists in the Mexican mural movement. We wanted to show that women could also paint large outdoor murals. Another factor was the lack of support from the men painting murals in the Mission District who were also critical of the subjects we wanted to paint. We knew that because we were not harassed by police like the men were, and because we had not suffered by having fought in Vietnam, we had a different visual story to tell. We had the freedom to paint whatever we wanted, and we chose the beauty of women and their Mexican and Latino cultures." As Muralista Irene Perez put it, "We brought fine art to the streets and added the beauty of women in our culture." The mural celebrating 500 years of Indian resistance was painted in 1992 by Perez. The mural makes reference to Coyolxauhqui – the Aztec Goddess of the Moon.