WEEK 7

The artist that I chose to present on was Chicana artist, muralist, printmaker, painter, activist, and educator, Juana Alicia. When I first saw her artwork it did not really catch my attention until I found her La Llorona’s Sacred Waters mural. At first glance this piece looked great and I personally like darker colors and more mythical paintings and this one hit home. It was difficult to find other murals from her that look like this one so I started to look for other themes. I found that one of her themes revolved around women and how they are vital in the many movements and social justice efforts throughout history. Three murals that I really liked including La Llorona’s Sacred Waters are Sanarte: Diversity’s Pathway and Maestra Peace - Collage. The first mural, La Llorona’s Sacred Waters, is about changing the narrative that La Llorona  was a monster and bad mother for killing her kids to challenge the patriarchy and saving her kids from the slavemaster. The second mural, Sanarte: Diversity’s Pathway, is four murals in one that depicts the different global health practices, social movements, and community engagements. The third mural is Maestra Peace - Collage, which is a mural that commemorates women and the contributions they have done in the world. I chose these murals because each of the three murals are different in the content that they have, but they each have women as the main focus showing how strong and involved they are with the social justice efforts and how they should not go unseen.