The César E. Chávez Drive Business Improvement District 38, TRUE Skool and local artists Jazmin Roman, Nyia Luna and Mahala Sy have unveiled a 13-by-25 foot community mural in Clarke Square. Across the center of the mural is the phrase, “De Aquí, De Allá,” which means “From here, From there.”
The painting was completed as part of Viva Nuestra Herencia, a celebration of Hispanic heritage.
Themes reflected in the mural include community, freedom, multicultural representation, resistance, migration, the 16th Street Bridge, as well as dance and lowrider culture, Luna said.
“I think people are going to honor it because they respect the artists and the messaging behind it,” Luna said.
Jonathan Aguilar is a visual journalist at Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service who is supported through a partnership between CatchLight Local and Report for America.…