ROBERT ARENIVAR: A STORY OF OUR STRUGGLE

Date
1974

Location
3640 East 1st St. (at Townsend)
First Street Store, exterior

Media Notes
Baked ceramic tile, 19 panels, 1123 square feet. Designed by Robert Arenivar. Joel Suro Olivares, ceramicist. Jose-Luis Gonzalez, project director, assisted by David Botello and Juan Gonzalez.
Description
The Chicano heritage is traced from its roots in ancient pre-Columbian Mexico up to modern America. Juan Gonzalez worked with an architect to design the arches along the store's front exterior in which the panels were placed. Although the artists wanted to paint the murals, the architect chose instead to send their design to Mexico, where it was executed in tile.






photos © Robin Dunitz

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