TAAG
The Artist Advocacy Group

Empowering, educating, and strengthening our roles in the arts.

An Intersection of Muralists

Close up from mural by Esther Gamez Rubio

About the Project
Each artist designed and painted a 8' x 12' mural on an interior gallery wall. Artists reflected on the neighborhood of Barrio Logan and its cultural significance, having many historically valuable murals painted during the Chicano movement in the late 1960s/70s and beyond, which is marked physically by nearby Chicano Park. As the mural and street art movement continues to develop within Barrio Logan, the neighborhood has experienced a lot of development, popularity, and change. Artists created their murals with that in mind, sharing their vision of past, present, and future, with new and traditional techniques alike.

Exhibiting Artists
Manu Faves, Esther Gamez Rubio, George Garcia, Sake Saratoga, Mario Torero, Melissa Walter, and Anna Zappoli

Press

Union Tribune, 2016

An Intersection of Muralists, Gallery D, Barrio Logan

KUSI, 2017

Press Coverage of Dia Bassett, representing Rising Arts Leaders San Diego during successful rally to retain 2.4 million dollars at risk of being cut from the city’s arts budget that year.

Grants

Individual Artist

California Arts Council Emerging Artist

New York Foundation for the Arts

Arts Idaho

Rising Arts Leaders of San Diego (2)

Green Public Art

Organizational

California Arts Council (3)

Nordson Foundation Grant

City of San Diego

Turnaround Arts: California