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Las Poderosas Mural

A colorful 6-foot by 74-foot mural adorns a wall facing Harbor Blvd. in Costa Mesa. The project, “Poderosas,” includes eight paintings of Latina community leaders. It was unveiled on Monday, October 12, 2020 and seeks to empower young women. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Las Poderosas Mural

Alicia Rojas, Camilo Romero, and Santa Ana Communiry Artist(a) Coalition, 10/12/2020

The mural includes eight paintings of Latina community leaders and seeks to empower young women. “It’s uplifting women of color and highlighting our attributes and contributions to the making of America, especially right now,” Alicia Rojas says. “Making a public art project in the middle of a pandemic has been a challenge, but it is something that needed to happen to try to bring back the feeling of love, repect and admiration.”

The mural was started in September 2020 through a partnership between Rojas and Camilo Romero, who Rojas said was the visionary for the piece. Along with the likenesses of all the women, the mural is green and lush with flowers and plants and birds, called “pajaritas,” representing symbols of pollination and peace.

Also in Costa Mesa resides a mural completed last October through a collaboration between Colombian-born artist Alicia Rojas, human rights lawyer Camilo Romero and the Santa Ana Community Artist(a) Coalition. Romero is co-founder of ReGeneración Colombia, a group dedicated to healing intergenerational trauma through both storytelling and cultural projects. He has always been inspired by his grandmother, Cristina Prada, and by the way her courage and strength have been passed on to his mother, sisters and nieces. Romero wanted to showcase her strength in some way, along with the strength of other influential Latina women like Modesta Avi ... view more »

Category: Mural
Location: Costa Mesa

Date created: 10/12/2020

Dimensions: 6' x 75'

PHOTOS

  • Gallery 1 - Las Poderosas Mural
  • Cristina Prada, left, and Frances Munoz, are honored in a mural unveiled in Costa Mesa on Monday, October 12, 2020. The “Poderosas” includes eight paintings of Latina community leaders and seeks to empower young women. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)

Location

Baker Street and Killybrooke Lane, Costa Mesa, CA, 92626