| With over 600 murals, San Francisco
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| | people who have died from AIDS or
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| streets are a parade of vibrant and
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| | depictions of political strife and war in
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| radiant
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| | Latin
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| murals that are painted on building
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| | America. Another mural honors the great
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| walls and facades, fences, garage doors
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| | muralist Diego Rivera and his wife, the
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| and
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| | painter Frida Kahlo. And another is a
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| more. The colorful Mission District is
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| | tribute to women muralists of the Mission
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| the epicenter of San Francisco murals
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| with the
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| | District. One colorless mural, depicts
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| greatest concentration of murals in San
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| | two men and a woman jumping through a
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| Francisco. Discovering
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| | barbed-wire fence lined with keys. The
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| the murals of the San Francisco Mission
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| | woman has her hand held high, making the
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| District is discovering the hopes and
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| | peace sign.Elsewhere in the Mission
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| passions, joys and tribulations of the
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| | District on Harrison at 19th Street,
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| people.The San Francisco Mission
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| | mixed among blocks of
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| neighborhood's love affair with murals
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| | warehouses and running along a wall for
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| stems from the
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| | nearly a block in San Francisco's Mission
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| Mexican roots of the Mission District
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| community. The Latino community began to
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| | neighborhood is a mural titled
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| move into in the Mission neighborhood in
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| | "Carnaval." As the name implies, the
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| the 1950s and 60s. Early in the 1970s,
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| | Carnaval mural
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| resident muralists started following the
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| | is a representation of the Carnaval
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| traditions of the great muralists of the
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| | celebration, a multicultural dance and
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| 1920s and 30s, perhaps the most famous
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| | music
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| of which was Diego Rivera.The Precita
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| | festival that has its roots in Latin
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| Eyes Mural Arts and Visitors Center
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| | America and the Caribbean. The San
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| (located at 2981 24th Street) is a
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| | Francisco
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| great place to begin your exploration of
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| | Mission District has been hosting a
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| the murals in the San Francisco Mission
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| | Carnaval Festival since 1978. Created in
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| neighborhood. The Precita Eyes visitors
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| | 1994 by
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| center offers three guided mural tours on
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| | Joshua Sarantitis, Emmanuel Montoya,
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| | Carlos Loarca and others, the radiant
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| Saturday and Sunday for between $10 and
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| | Carnaval mural is as dynamic and
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| $12 for an adult. You can arrange private
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| | colorful as the festival that it
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| | portrays.The Women's Building (located at
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| group mural tours in advance. In
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| | 3543 18th Street) boasts two walls of a
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| addition, the Precita Eyes Visitors
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| | dramatic
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| Center has a
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| | mural that pays homage to women. Created
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| Mission mural map of nearly 90 murals
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| | by a team of seven women muralists,
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| that you can use to explore the
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| | the "Maestrapeace" mural portrays women
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| neighborhood on your own.At Precita
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| | and feminine archetypes of multiple
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| Eyes, you can purchase mural-themed
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| | world origins. The Goddess of Light and
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| items, such as post cards, candles,
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| | Creativity adorns the top of the 18th
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| posters and books. Precita Eyes also
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| | Street
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| sells mural arts supplies in case your
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| | facade with the waters of life flowing
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| are
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| | beneath her and transforming into fabric
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| inspired to paint your own personal
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| | designs from around the world.The mural
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| mural on your living room wall. For more
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| | features such notable women as Georgia
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| information, contact Precita Eyes at or
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| | O'Keefe (an innovative American
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| (415)
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| | artist) and Rigoberta Menchu (a
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| 285-2287.Located a block from Precita
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| | Guatemalan of Mayan decent and Nobel
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| Eyes between Treat Avenue and Harrison
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| | prize-
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| Street, Balmy
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| | winning activist). The names of many
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| Alley has a concentration of more than
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| | more famous women are inscribed in the
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| 30 vivid murals painted on fences,
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| | mural's colorful patterns. The mural is
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| building
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| | meant to be inspiration and educational,
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| walls and garage doors. In the
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| | illustrating the contributions women
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| neighborhood densely packed with murals,
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| | have made to human history and
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| Balmy
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| | society.The Women's Building provides
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| Alley is at the center of it all.
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| | resources and services to organizations
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| Muralists began working in San
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| | that support
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| Francisco's Balmy Alley
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| | women and girls from multi-ethnic and
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| as early as 1971. Many of the original
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| | multi-cultural backgrounds. For an
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| murals are still there as well as many
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| | informational key to the mural, step
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| murals
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| | inside the Women's Building or contact
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| that have been painted over the
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| | them at
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| intervening years.The Balmy Alley murals
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| | http://
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| are very diverse both stylistically and
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| | or (415) 431-1180.Jed Clark is a travel
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| in the subject matter.
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| | writer, photographer and long-time San
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| Some of the murals feature cartoon-like
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| | Francisco resident. For
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| illustrations that playful and juvenile.
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| | more travel tips and information about
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| Other
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| | San Francisco destinations, neighborhoods
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| murals along Balmy Alley grapple with
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| | and
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| difficult subjects, such as a memorial to
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| | attractions visit - a destination guide
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| | to San Francisco.
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