THE MURALS OF RAMONA GARDENS
Most of these paintings were done between 1973 and 1977 by residents of this public housing complex with help from Mechicano Arts Center muralists.
A. TO ACE OUT A HOMEBOY
Manuel Cruz
1974 Mechicano Arts Center
2871 Lancaster Ave.
Acrylic
In the center a Native American priest holds the dead body of a youth killed in gang violence. At his left a kneeling woman weeps, while on his other side a car drives off toward the big city.
B. PRAY FOR PEACE IN THE BARRIOS
artist unknown
Building 1463-77
A flying dove, plus a cross and a rose on a pedestal.
C. THE FLYING CROSS
Armando Cabrera and the Big Hazard Gang
1974
Building 1529-39
D. Untitled
Ismael Cazarez
1974
Building 1451-60
A landscape with mountains and the sun in the background.
E. GHOSTS OF THE BARRIO
Wayne Healy
1974 Mechicano Arts Center
Building 2731-37
Lancaster Ave. near Murchison St.
Four youth sitting on a back stoop, while next to them stand ghostly images of a Mexican revolutionary, a Spanish conquistador, and an Aztec warrior.
F. Untitled
1974
Armando Cabrera, reworked by Joe Rodriguez
1407 Lancaster Ave. (near Murchison)
Acrylic
Virgin of Guadalupe with an altar.
G. LA MUJER
Judithe Hernandez
1976
1566 Lancaster Ave. (between Indiana and Nieto Lane)
Dedicated to "the Daughters, the Mothers and the Grandmothers of Aztlan." A tribute to the role of women in fighting for the interests of their family, their country, and their people.
H. RING OF FIRE
Designed by Willie Herron, painted with assistance from Warren Esquivel
1975
2720-26 Alcazar (between Murchison and Evergreen)
Repainted without the artist's permission.
I. ADAM Y EVA
Designed by Willie Herron
1975
1501-7 Lancaster Ave.
Two nudes dancing in a jungle setting. Repainted without the artist's permission.
J. LA ADELITA
Los Four (designed by Carlos Almaraz)
1976
1581 Alcazar (between Murchison and Evergreen)
Militant woman wearing a red scarf on her head.
K. INNER SELF
Guillermo Martinez, assisted by Daniel Navarro
Building 1506-20
A man with an eagle and its nest at his stomach.
L. Untitled
Pedro Pelayo
1982
2731-37 Lancaster Ave. (near Murchison)
The back of the head of a Spanish conquistador, an Indian woman facing him, and a crowd of people between them.
M. GENERATIONS
artist unknown
Building 1504-10
The central portrait is of an elderly woman who is surrounded by others, young and old.
N. Untitled
artist unknown
Building 1451-60
Pre-Columbian imagery, including a man inside a circle.
O. HAZARD GRANDE (In Memory of Homeboys and Homegirls)
Members of the Big Hazard Gang
Building 1425-31
A couple standing on a pedestal with rainbows behind them.
P. Untitled
artist unknown
2700 Lancaster Ave. (at Murchison)
Native American families on either side of the apartment's front door. A human embryo floats over a boiling pot above the doorway.
Q. Untitled
artist unknown
1348 Lancaster Ave. (near Murchison)
A Mexican flag.
R. Untitled
artist unknown
parking lot retaining wall
Lancaster Ave. (near Murchison)
Acrylic on cement
Various Chicano icons.
S. Untitled
Art Zarate
1975
Fowler and Indiana streets
Acrylic on stucco, 30' x 12'
Cartoon figures including a caricature of Uncle Sam. Additional paintings, also featuring cartoon imagery, extend several hundred feet.
T. Untitled
Joe Rodriguez and Solomon Huerta
1992
1504-10 Lancaster Ave. (near Evergreen)
Memorial to Arturo "Smoky" Jimenez, who was shot by an L.A. sheriff in 1991. It is a large cross with a portrait of Jimenez at the top.
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