Last week, I ventured to Chicago for a friend's wedding. How wonderful, the beautiful celebration of love?! In addition, I reunited with friends who have created homes in countries all over the globe. I'm thankful for tears of laughter and loving conversations.
I returned to El Salvador earlier than planned to participate in the Festival de Murales at Centro Arte para la Paz here in Suchitoto. My friend Rachel, a Fulbright Scholar organized the festival by inviting muralists from throughout El Salvador to work with people in Suchitoto. The original visions of each artist radiated into the community and EVERYONE joined in on the fun. We completed eight murals in five hours, just before the rain began.
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| Marinella preparing the face-painting table. |
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| Mesa de Creatividad! |
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Alberto Cruz, Alejandra Sura, and Geovany Alvarado Galdámez planning a piece.
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| Me! I loved joining in on the fun! |
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| Almost finished! This one was Fredy Granillo's vision. |
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| Gabriel Maldonado admiring his work. |
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| Collaboration! |
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| Jovenes from Aguilares, a neighboring town. At one point they jumped on the mic to beat box and flow! | |
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| Calo BuscaniguaStudio spray-painting the face of a native woman. Children cut paper snowflakes to create stencils. |
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| Calo BuscaniguaStudio, Olivia Holdsworth, and young artists in front of their final product. |
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| Xiamara painting a mural of beauty coming from the mouth of a bird, the pages of a holy text, and the face of the native's sun God. |
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| Maria painting her own symbols of peace. |
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