The artist, Marta Ayala Minero, was sanguine about the defacement. They used primer, she said, 'so they left it primed for me.'
Marta Ayala Minero's mural on 24th and Valencia streets defaced sometime on Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. Photo by a community contributor.When I mentioned that the mural had been somewhat different earlier, she gave me a lesson on its evolution. First painted in 1992, thanks to a grant from the Mayor’s Office of Housing and Community Development,“had a lady speaking the phrase for ‘nonviolence’ in a few languages.
After it was vandalized the first time, Ayala “decided to change some images to honor the Nairobi people” who were having serious issues with water and being moved from their homes. “The painted images trigger an ancestral memory of how we are connected, even if we live on the other side of the world.”
In the years to come, Ayala wrote, the mural will likely evolve again to introduce and pay homage to the Muwekma Ohlone San Francisco tribe. That is an effort that may take some sponsorship, she wrote.
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