The Pena Family Ceramic Mural
For the public art project, I decided to write about The Pena Family Ceramic Mural. I chose this ceramic mural for my public art project because while I strolling through downtown Davis it caught my eye because the colors were vibrant, I liked how it was a ceramic mural instead of a regular painting, and I enjoy the outdoor sceneries of agriculture. Also, once I looked up information pertaining to the ceramic mural I was sold because the mural holds important significance within a community. The purpose of this essay is to explore the true meaning of The Pena Family Ceramic Mural and what community values it promotes. Working as a community is a foundational part of life.
Moreover, the mural is installation art
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The ceramic mural displays many different things in it such as animals, pioneers, horses, trees, sheep, and a house. This illustrates how the Pena and Vaca families lived and what they did in order to make a living. Also, it shows what kinds of animals they brought and the variety of foods they grew on their land. I believe the ceramic mural promotes two community values. The first community value is respect for the differences, rights, and nobility of others in the community. The mural shows that people within a community come from different backgrounds, have different ideas, and different hardships, but we must respect and value one another because that is what makes everyone different and unique in their own …show more content…
Working together and understanding one another is crucial because it is the bridge in helping everyone overcome their hardships because no one stands alone although they may feel like it. There are two important couples named Don and Sue Morrill, Jerry and Kay Schimke that picked Rivera to make the mural that could represent the family's history affiliated with the site the mural was being made on. The Pena family came from New Mexico in 1841, before the Gold Rush began. They worked for everything they had and it was wrecked in an earthquake in 1892. The only adobe that survived the earthquake is currently a part of the Vacaville City Park. Now Mark Rivera carries the legacy of the site in his hometown, Davis, Ca. In the article, “The Davis Enterprise,” Morrill said, “We have undertaken these efforts of the mural with great respect for the family who helped build this city.” The mural is located in the Davis Transmedia Art Walk, which is one of the largest art programs in the country. This could not have been done if it was not for the help of the pioneers who contributed to the art walk in the late 1960’s. This has resulted into Davis being one of the biggest public art display collections in America because every square mile has art displayed in the city. The art walk is a significant part of
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