“La Musica de San Anto” by San Antonio artist David Blancas @blancasdavid and a crew of nearly 30 artists at 1303 West Commerce Street, San Antonio, Texas in November 2009 with San Anto Cultural Arts Community Mural Public Art Program. Photos taken April 2021.
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"It features larger-than-life portraits of San Antonio musicians Randy Garibay, Clifford Scott, Rocky Morales, Felix Villareal, Eva Garza, Doug Sahm, Rosita Fernandez, Lydia Mendoza and Manny Castillo. Each is depicted in performance, playing in front of giant handbills bearing biographical information."
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"The vision that I pitched is that they would be playing this fictional concert all together despite the fact they were from different eras."- radio interview https://www.tpr.org/tags/la-musica-de-san-anto
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The artist is currently working to restore the mural with a "whole new iteration of the mural" and he's launched a streaming video series about it and the musicians from his Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/DavidBlancasArt/events/
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https://laprensatexas.com/la-musica-de-san-anto-mu/
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https://sanantonio.culturemap.com/news/arts/09-17-19-artist-david-blancas-restore-his-west-side-mural-la-musica-de-san-anto/
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https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article/Artist-David-Blancas-restoring-West-Side-San-15237657.php
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The mural has its own Instagram account @lamusicamural.
Date created | 2009-11-01T20:00:00.000Z |
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Camera used | Apple iPhone 8 |
Marker type | artwork |
City | San Antonio, TX |
Country | United States |