Monday Mural

  I'm linking up at Monday Mural 

WE ARE TRAVLLING UNTIL DEC 22, I WILL LINK UP IF POSSIBLE. BUT I EXPECT LIMITED INTERNET/WI-FI.

January 2025 - Coachella CA

Before the music arrived, Coachella was home for years to agricultural farmworkers toiling in the fields. These workers, who continue to provide vital food sources to the desert communities and beyond, built a community that represented family and working-class people.

The Date Farmers kicked off the project with a mural alongside "El Centro del Trabajador" or the "Center for the Worker" on Vine Street, where Cesar Chavez spent some of his time organizing farmworkers.

"We decided to do something related to the farmworkers' history," Lerma said.

The brightly colored mural depicts two men who appear to be marching. A car in the background carries their luggage.

Lucha Sin Fin honors the Latina women farmworkers who over the years have endured innumerable struggles from sexual abuse to pesticides, racism to unfair compensation.

Sembremos Sueños y Cosechemos Esperanza (Let’s Sow Dreams and Harvest Hope) by Lapiztola.

"Ojo de Aguila"

This mural, created in 2016 by Vyal Reyes, “is dedicated to the women of the United Farm Workers,” according to the city of Coachella. It features the head of an eagle, painted in rainbow colors, whose eye looks like a giant marble staring in a steadfast gaze.

Mujer del Desierto (Woman of the Desert) - Well known in his home city of Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Adrian Takano created this mural.

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Sobio says that in addition to stimulating foot traffic to the area, the “Coachella Walls” project is meant to raise awareness for the larger Eastern Coachella Valley and is dedicated “to the anonymous farm worker.”

“There are a lot of farmers working in bad conditions in certain parts of the Eastern Valley,” he says. “It’s a poor city, a forgotten city. We want to shed some light on that. We want to recognize the farmers and  the city of Coachella and the Eastern Valley, because they have something to say -- that they exist.” 

This mural portrays activist Dolores Huerta, who had a significant impact on the town.

Dolores Huerta is among the most important, yet least known, activists in American history. An equal partner in co-founding the first farm workers unions with Cesar Chavez, her enormous contributions have gone largely unrecognized.

Los Angeles Artist Vyal Reyes mural: American Woman.

Mexican artist Sego y Ovbal 

Here's what the mural represents:

Hands: The central hands represent the farmers who worked the land. 

Heart: The purple heart with the outline of Mexico signifies the love and connection to their home country. 

Grape Leaves: The grape leaves honor Cesar Chavez and his fight for labor rights. 

Birds: The swallows symbolize the migrant workers who live in the region. 

Summer 1975 - Cesar Chavez trekked more than 1,000 miles in 59 days leading a march up the coast of California to educate farm workers about their newly won right to unionize following the passage of the California Agricultural Labor Relations Act (CALRA). California Governor Jerry Brown signed CALRA into law on June 4, 1975, which protected farm workers’ right to unionize, collectively bargain, to vote in secret-ballot elections, and established the state’s Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB). The National Labor Relations Act of 1935 specifically excluded agricultural workers from the protections of the Act, exclusions that remain in many states today.

"Hungry Dog of the Desert" mural by Ricardo Angeles Mendoza. Hailing from the small town of San Martín Tilcajete in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Depicts a piñata-inspired monster delivering love letters from Coachella around the world.

Chickens, such as the ones in this mural's attention-grabbing display, are iconic pieces by the Guatemalan artist who goes by Cache, as they also don walls throughout Los Angeles. 

This mural was created by Lerma for Desert X in 2017. It features a whimsical scene of a desert party with colorfully painted balloons, and a prominent woman with a gold crown and large pink dress, both of which pop against the neutral landscape in the background.

Inspired by the theme "American Women: a Homage to the Women of the Americas," Said Dokens created this mural in 2016. In it he inscribed the names of collectives and organizations led by women, seeking and fighting for the defence of human rights in Mexico and Latin America.

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This is a magnificent mural, nearly 190 feet long, that depicts the color and beauty of nature all around us. Created by artist Ever Galvez.

Vietnam War Memorial mural at Veterans Park

The mural features six soldiers surrounded by the poem "Forgotten, Unforgettable," by Trino Del Toro. The piece was conceptualized by local artist Autumn Martino.