Welcoming a (really tall) new downtown mural
What’s five stories tall and makes you proud of downtown Fresno?
The answer is a massive mural livening up the historic Fresno Bee building painted by Francisco Letelier and Mauro Carrera. The Arte Américas project will officially be unveiled at 10 a.m. Thursday, May 11, in a program that will include outgoing U.S. poet laureate Juan Felipe Herrera.
Musicians Omar Naré and Patrick Contreras will kick off the program, which also will feature words from supporters of the project and the reading of a poem by a student from a neighborhood school.
Frank Delgado, the executive director of Arte, says:
This is the thirty year anniversary of Arte Américas, and this mural simply emphasizes the impact that our organization has made on the Cultural Arts District and is a testament to the dedication that we have in continuing to make the Valley a flourishing place for Latino art. The best part is that we have plans to continue to install murals in the Downtown Fresno area.
Tiles will be sold to run along the base of the mural as a fundraiser for those murals.
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A reception at 11 a.m. will follow at Arte.
Mural artists Francisco Letelier and Mauro Carrera. Photo / Arte Américas
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