Title: Murals mirror movements | The Stanford Daily
Headings: Murals mirror movements
Murals mirror movements
Content: “Latinos are a group-oriented society,” Burciaga continued in his 1988 interview. “ Most of Mexico’s national heroes were martyrs, having died in service to the people–from Miguel Hidalgo, father of Mexican independence, who was executed, to revolutionary heroes Francisco Villa and Zapata, who were ambushed and assassinated.” While pinpointing the “top 13 Chicano heroes” is a contested and highly subjective task, the choices nevertheless reflected the opinions of students at the time. “Murals are a sort of a reimagining of a community’s values,” said Jeff Chang, associate director of Health & Safety Programs and executive director of the Institute for Diversity in the Arts. “ Images become these spaces where people then have big fights over what these values are around the community…But the best thing is that they’re open to multiple interpretations and that encourages the dialogue and the discourse within the community.” The Casa Zapata murals continue to grow. The lounge mural depicting the immigrant’s journey to the United States is unfinished. Sarita Ocon ’04 returns to campus from time to time to fill in the blank spaces. (NICK SALAZAR/The Stanford Daily)
Gonzalez reflected on the popular nature of the murals. “The common people, the poor people, they would see art, and they wanted to see art that would represent everyone,” he said. “