In a Texas summer marked with record high temperatures, artists worked tirelessly on the Uvalde Murals. Hispanic artists came from across the state to help create giant portraits of each victim. And they believe that the murals will help the devastated community to heal.
Just over four months have passed since the May 24 school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The loss of 19 students and two teachers at Robb Elementary is a wound in the small dusty town.
Uvalde Murals celebrate lives
Abel Ortiz, an Uvalde college art teacher is the project’s creator. He wanted 21 murals to celebrate the lives of the victims of the massacre.
Ortiz said that “We never want to forget their faces. That’s why they had to be murals of portraits and not just regular murals.”
When he started the project, he was not sure how to proceed. And he didn’t personally know 21 artists that could do the murals. He asked Monica Maldonado for help. And the Austin artist drove the 3-hours to Uvalde in May.
