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Fantastic Beach
©2024 Precita Eyes Muralists

Size: 8' x 5', Acrylic on tyvek
Directed by: Fred Alvarado
​Designed By: Fred Alvarado with students of Bridgepoint Continuation High School
Location: Bridgepoint Continuation High School, 35753 Cedar Blvd. Newark, CA 
Description
“Fantastic Beach” was designed and painted by students of Bridgepoint High school. This instant mural project was completed over 4 hours. The mural was painted with the schools chill zone in mind. The students choose to have fun by painting a weird landscape with clowns, dinosaurs, a dragon, poppies and other flowers. The land scape is inspired by a local spot called Fox Hills in Newark. The images were chosen from the ideas generated from the workshop.
Centering People Place and Power
©2023 Precita Eyes Muralists

Size: 5'x 8', acrylic
Designed by: Robert Louthan
Assisted by: Paola Reyes Melendez and Gabrielle Moreta
Directed by: Robert Louthan
Location: Terra Gallery, 511 Harrison @ 2nd Street, SF, CA
Description
Making bold change' begins from within, and emanates outward. Our design depicts transformative energy as expanding- many hands each doing their part to claim and color a shape, each individual's contribution to the whole is a metaphor for change.
Foothill Middle College Mural
©2023 Precita Eyes Muralists

Size: 5' x 7', NovaColor paint
Location: 348 Precita
Designed by: the students at Foothill Middle College
Directed by: Deirdre Weinberg
Assisted by: The students at Foothill Middle College
KQED Community Mural
©2023 Precita Eyes Muralists

Size: 5' x 8', acrylic on tyvek
Location: KQED, 2601 Mariposa, SF
Designed by: Robert Louthan
Directed by: Robert Louthan
Assisted by: Paola Melendez
Mentes Libres
©2022 Precita Eyes Muralists 

Size: 6' x 41',  Acrylic 
Design: Pablo Ruiz Arroyo
Location: KSS Immersion Preschool, 1650 Mountain Blvd, Oakland, CA 94611
DESCRIPTION​
“Mentes Libres” (Free Minds) 

The textures and figures in the mural are inspired by the artwork created by the two-year-olds, three-year-olds, and four-year-olds of the KSS program, directed by the artist Pablo Ruiz Arroyo.

Beginning on the right there is a small house inspired by the kids drawings on a grass field with textures reflecting the kids drawings in greens and yellows. There is a yellow butterfly, blue bird and pink house taken from the kids drawings as well. The sky has the numbers “1,2,3,4” as it came up many times in the children’s drawings. The sky is striped with Pink, a symbol of youth, playfulness and good health. Moving to the left of the mural, there is a redwood tree on a meadow and more designs inspired by the kids’ drawings: butterflies, a bird and a child with wings. To the left of that are two hands, inspired by the hands drawn by the kids, holding a ladybug and a sprouting seed, also inspired by kids drawings. Behind the hands are more redwood trees and a bluebird and a monarch butterfly, an international symbol of migration and transformation. Nearing the center of the piece are two birds kissing, with six flags on their backs: Peru, Mexico, El Salvador, Columbia, Spain, and Venezuela. These birds were taken from the drawings done by the children. To the very left there is a Torogoz, the bird of El Salvador, looking at many colorful kids playing on a hill with a beaming playground at the top. Above is a smiling sunshine next to flying birds and two kids playing on swings. All these were also inspired by drawings made by the children.
S.S. Progress
©2021 Precita Eyes Muralists

Size: 5' x 8', Acrylic
Mural Director: Max Martilla
In collaboration with: 7th-graders at The Nueva School
Description
This mural illustrates the struggle over the years of contamination in the Hunters Point district of San Francisco. The mural depicts a large boat with the back end symbolizing the past, fishing and pollution. The front half is supposed to be a depiction of the future, a clean yacht style boat that is aimed at sustainability.
A Gift from the Past
©2021 Precita Eyes Muralists

Size: 5' x 8', Acrylic
Mural Director: Flavia Mora
Assisted By: Amanda Heauser-Caires
In collaboration with 7th-graders at The Nueva School
Description
"A Gift from the Past" is a 5'x8' instant mural designed in collaboration with the 7th-graders at Nueva School. They based their ideas around the studies of the LA River's history. The mural is composed from left to right highlighting the past, present and future. The past shows the vibrant wildlife and pre-colonized indigenous life, while the present reflects pollution and global warming. The future represents restoration and the inclusion of the old and the new.  ​
River of Evolution
©2021 Precita Eyes Muralists

Size: 5' x 8', Acrylic
Mural Director: Max Marttila
In collaboration with 7th-graders at The Nueva School
Description
This mural illustrates the past, present and future of the LA River. It begins with the early railroads and vibrant nature and moves into the current more polluted and concrete manmade river. Finally the future is shown with a rock climbing wall, a bright technological bridge and vibrant nature again.
To Poison and To Heal
©2021 Precita Eyes Muralists

Size: 5' x 8', Acrylic
Mural Director: Julia Barzizza
In collaboration with 7th-graders at The Nueva School
Description
Nueva School 7th-graders unpacked their research on environmental activism in the Bayview / Hunter's Point area. The mural shows environmentalists front and center, marching towards the factories that are polluting The Bay. Their signs say "Stop Pollution" and "Save Nature." In the distance, a toxic waste sun sets on the horizon. To the left, the world is green and lush and vibrant. Little frogs sit amid flowers and fresh water and look onto the scene. On the right, the water is murky and dark. Oil spills from the parked ships and airplanes emit toxic gases. A smoke stack breathes out a gray skull over the dead flowers and creatures. The frog is the main symbol of the mural, representing both poison and healing for Hunter's Point.  
The Heart of Los Angeles
©2021 Precita Eyes Muralists

Size: 5' x 8', Acrylic
Mural Director: Julia Barzizza
In collaboration with 7th-graders at The Nueva School
Description
The 7th-graders drew the river as a timeline of events, documenting the history of the LA River. On the left the mural shows the river as it once was, with big trees, swimming fish and gusts of wind. Above the river is the start of industrialization. Farmland begins to crop up on the green earth and trees are being cut down. As the river moves forward in time, it grows murkier and dirty. Big buildings have appeared along the sides of the river and people experiencing homelessness are camped nearby. The water is less accessible. To the right, the river bends again to show a bright future. People come together to plant along the river. Solar power turbines appear along the banks and the flowers are starting to bloom again. The mural shows that we can make a difference in the world around us and heal the land!
An Extremely Starry Night 
​©2020 Precita Eyes Muralists

Size: 5' x 8', Acrylic
Mural Director: Max Martilla, Assisted by Teresa Benson
In collaboration with: Mariposa Kids from Flynn Elementary School
​“Aloe Event Live Mural Project”
© 2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

5'x8', acrylic on TYVEK

Directed Muralist: Lead Muralist Francisco Franco and Mural Assistant Diego Irizarry 
Painted with: participants from the Aloe Event Hearts and Heroes Reception   
​"Sutter Hospital Community Day Event Participatory Mural and Craft Project”
© 2019 Precita Eyes Muralists
  
5'x8', TYVEK paper
Directed by Muralists: Sarah Siskin and Sami Schilf   
Description
This mural was for the opening of CMPC’s new hospital at St. Luke’s Campus. The event organizers gave us themes of healthy living/ eating, community, twin peaks and wanted the hospital to be a central part of the mural. We put the new rendered image of the hospital in the left side of the mural with kids biking and hula hooping around the street in front. A man selling fruits appears on the bottom right to encourage healthy eating and fresh foods. Behind the hospital you see the hills of san Francisco with colorfull box like houses and rolling, swirling grey/ blue fog underneath. On the top right is twin peaks and Sutro Tower to give this a distinctly San Francisco feel
Our SF Neighborhoods
©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

5x8 Chalk Pastel
Mural Director: Max Martilla
In collaboration with: Town School for Boys
Location: 348 Precita Avenue, San Francisco
Celebrating Life 
©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

5x8 ft, Chalk Pastel
Designed & Created by the community at The Arc San Francisco
Directed by Julia Barzizza
Assisted by Teresa Benson
Funded by The Reimagine Festival
Description 
The community at The Arc explored ways that they choose to celebrate life! The mural shows a home with a family at the center of a bright yellow sun. Surrind the sun and the home are flowers and portraits of Arc community members and loved ones. Mythical creatures including a one-eyed green friend, a flying witch, a student-designed "weirdo" and a pixie of positivity are sprinkled throughout the drawing. An airplane launches off of the home and ascends into the blue sky. In the clouds are poems written by the group. One poem reads, 

Flowers blooming
We breathe air all around us
Life is all around us
Hills filled with snow
and grass growing

At the bottom of the mural is an old woman on a bench, observing the life that surrounds her and savoring the images that have brought her to this moment. Hidden elements include a baseball (a nod to the World Series!), flying butterflies, and music notes.

The Arc community chose to continue to evolve their mural overtime, incorporating more drawings from community members who could not attend the workshop.
Reimagine Death 
©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists
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5x8 ft, Chalk Pastel
Designed by the ReImagine Festival Community
​Directed by Diego Irizarry
Description
As part of the Reimagine Festival, a community-driven exploration of death and celebration of life through creativity and expression, this mural is representing different views on death. On the left there is a character expressing grief in the shadow of a tombstone. The other two characters wave "goodbye," and walk to the light, representing a positive and welcoming attitude toward death. On the right are psychedelic mushrooms and abstract, colorful, and vibrant visions about death.
Breaking Through 
​©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

5x8 ft, Acrylic Paint
Designed by the students at Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton
Directed by Diego Irizarry and Flavia Mora Estrada
Description
Mural designed by a group of 15 8th-graders inspired by social justice in the realm of immigration, farming rights, gender equality, climate change, and the border crisis. ​
Natural Reflections
©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists
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5x8 ft, Acrylic Paint
Designed by Creative Arts Charter School Staff
Directed by Max Martilla
Assisted by Xavier Bess
Located at Creative Arts Charter School
Education Breaks Barriers
​©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

​5x8 ft, Acrylic Paint
Designed by Creative Arts Charter School Staff
Directed by Julia Barzizza
Assisted by Diego Irizarry
Located at Creative Arts Charter School
Description
Part of the CACS inauguration and graduation ceremony, Creative Arts Charter School students create flower arches at the center of the mural. The flower arches are part of an annual school ceremony, which welcomes the incoming students and graduates the exiting class. The students are surrounded by a crumbling brick wall inscribed with the words sexism, poverty, ageism, classism, inequality, oppression, and patriarchy. Colorful spheres radiate the students' brightness into the world, and encompassing dry, desert mountains and rocky waters (symbolic of the struggles they meet on their path to learn). Flowers grow from the cracks in the ground and cracked earth is dotted with colorful poppies and wildflowers. 
Strong Like a Woman 
​©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists
5x8 ft, Acrylic Paint
Designed by The 2019-20 Elevate Learning Community at California State University Stanislaus
Directed by Julia Barzizza
Located at CSU Stanislaus
Description
Inspired by their group of all female-identifying students, the 2019-20 members of the Elevate Learning Community united under themes of female empowerment, environmental stewardship, and the uprising from an ongoing struggle with gun violence. A world overwhelmed with bodies of gun violence victims rests beneath the sea. At the bottom, painted in black are the lyrics from a song, "Guns in my head and they won't go." Individuals painted in different colors with different-shaped heads wrap around the world. They represent community, diversity, and multicultural alliance. Lilies, symbolizing life and hope, rise up around the bottom edges of the mural. Candles lit in remembrance of the dead float along the rising ocean, among precious sea life: fish and sea turtles. 

The group was also inspired by Greta Thunberg's recent sailboat trip across the Atlantic Ocean. In this mural, Greta's sailboat becomes an image of both women empowerment and environmental stewardship. A rainbow swirls from Greta's boat. Inside of the rainbow are the words, "strong like a woman," "acceptance," "equality," "unity," and "love." Peace was a common theme among the group, and so a peace sign sun shines brightly over the scene.
The Mysterious Orchids 
​©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

5x8 ft, Acrylic Paint
Designed by Foothill Middle College Class of 2020
Directed by Julia Barzizza
Located at Foothill Middle College ​
Description
Interested in their Foothill College community as a theme for the project, the Class of 2020 was collectively inspired by their campus surroundings: the mysterious orchids that surround the main campus building (and sometimes disappear without explanation!), the various pathways that led each of them from four different high schools to their shared, yet unique, Foothill College experience, and the nature that surrounds the students under a limitless sky. Lotus flowers float above the ominous fog the Foothill students sometimes see on their campus. The fog depicts both their observed surroundings and the metaphorical fog they emerge from. Their place of learning (and the school telescope!) sit in the middle of a glowing and bright orchid.
Change for the Better 
​©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

5x8 ft, Chalk Pastel
Designed by Child Family Health International
Directed by Julia Barzizza
Description
Change for the Better shows a typewriter rewriting history. The typewriter paper wraps around several community gathering spaces including a home and a school. A peace sign made of people spirals from the typewriter page and spreads into the world. A burning tree signifies change, and the flowing leaves symbolize the spread of ideas. Vultures sit atop the corporate offices, and tents line-up underneath a suspended highway. On one side, people work hard to feed their families by picking grapes and working in the sun. On the other side of the field workers are panhandlers. The pigeon flies from the right of the mural representing those that are underprivileged yet still powerful and wise.
Balancing Worlds 
​©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

5x8 ft, Chalk Pastel
Designed by The students at Lick-Wilmerding High School
​Directed by Julia Barzizza
Description
Google, Uber, Tiwtter, and Facebook ride a bus driven by Money ($). Behind the bus is an industrial city run by men in suits. On the left, a school bus drives toward the tech bus, and both busses meet in the middle. Surrounding the school bus, on the left, is a swirl of flowers, music, art, and people dancing. Both worlds are balanced on the apex of night and day, teetering back and forth on the scale.

While the tech economy dominates one side of the mural, creativity and education flourish on the other side. Both worlds teeter on a scale as we attempt to find a balance between the new tech tools we have adopted into our day-to-day lives and the creative, expressive nature of the Bay Area as a whole.
San Francisco Neighborhoods 
​©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

​5x8 ft, Acrylic Paint
Designed by Town School for Boys
Directed by Julia Barzizza
Description
Culminating their social studies research of the San Francisco area, the boys from the Town School for Boys wanted to illustrate the city's landmark architecture: Lombard Street, the Painted Ladies, Coit Tower, the TransAmerican building, the Salesforce Tower, the Golden Gate Bridge. A throwback to the 1906 Earthquake, the students also drew a fault line under the city's grassy hills, reminding us of a time when these landmarks did not yet exist.
Mi Promesa, Our Past Our Present ©2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

(2) 3x5 ft, Acrylic Paint
Designed By: Paly Latinxs Unidos, Paly Black Scholars United (Bsu)
Directed By:Max Marttila
Assistant: Diego Irizarry
Location: Palo Alto High, Mission District
Funding source/s: Youth Speaks Out, PALY
Description: 
These two instant murals were conceptualized by the Latinxs Unidos and Black Scholars United clubs which serve as a resource and space for POC youth at PALY which is a predominetly white school. The Latinxs Unidos piece represents the struggles and triumps of latinxs in northern California as well as across the border, depicted in the top left corner by a border wall with people behind it saying “Si Se Puede”. Below that is a strawberry farmer representing the migrant farm workers of California. Along the right hand side is a portrait of Dolores Huerta, a group of protestors with signs and monarch butterflies. In the middle of the canvas is a non binary conforming student graduating.
The BSU instant mural shows a female figure holding two diplomas in a wakanda X-arm stance. Framed around this figure is a depiction of a single black student among many white students to represent the past when schools were hardly integrated. In the other corner are two trees that are recognized as a symbol of the Palo Alto area. Below that is a line of non-black allies holding space and showing solidarity. Also shown is musician and activist Joan Baez. Throughout the rest of the composition are African symbols of strength and other attributes. 
"Foothill Middle College"
© 2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

5'x8', TYVEK paper
Lead Muralist: Carla Wojczuk
Design and Painted: Foothill Middle College students
Description
This mural was completed by the senior class of Foothill Middle college, an early start college program based in Mountain View. This program uses different themes to explore through various subjects throughout the year. This year they have been talking about themes surrounding community, inclusion, and non-conformity. All the students came from 4 different high schools to end up in this program, many of them did not have positive experiences at their old high schools so were redefining community and what it means to be a student. 

In their mural they put hands opening up to give life to a tree. In the Palms of the hands and foot of the tree is a luscious garden. Roots climb down the arms and harbor clocks that are the school colors from where the students came from before Foothill. There is a broken milk bottle with bugs flying out to represent freedom; all the bugs are students thumb prints. Two puzzle totems flank the sides of the mural. This idea came from the group feeling that their school unites them as strong individuals but they also don’t conform to the normal high school experience. The animals in the totem are raising each other up and the planets are supposed to keep them in perspective. The mural is darker on the bottom by their roots representing their struggles and where they came from, but lightens with the tree and flowers moving up towards the top of the piece.
"Intercontinental Hotels Extend Your Reach Event”
© 2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

5'x8', TYVEK paper
Designed by: Max Marttilla and Diego Irizarry. Assisted by Teresa Benson 
Painted by: Participants at California Academy of Science: Earth Day Event
"Content Curation Team: PwC"
© 2019 Precita Eyes Muralists

5'x8', TYVEK paper
Muralist: Deirdre Weinberg
Design and Painted by: Content Curation Team: PwC
"What is Kept in the Eye"
© 2018 Precita Eyes Muralists

5' x 8' acrylic paint on tyvek
Mural Directors: Carla Wojczuk.
In collaboration with: Boys and Girls Club Lake Tahoe
Location: 348 Precita Ave., San Francisco, CA
DESCRIPTION
This Instant Mural was designed by nine young women from the North Lake Tahoe Boys and Girls club. Their themes were: family, Tahoe, community, love, culture, LGBTQAI. The mural depicts an large central image of an eye with a rainbow eyelid. The eye has pine trees for eyelashes. The center of the eye is the shape of Lake Tahoe and a line of people of all ages  holding hands. The center person has their hand stretched out to the viewer. Around the eye are hearts and the hands of all the young women who worked on the mural to signify each of their unique identities unified together. ​
"Leadership High School"
© 2018 Precita Eyes Muralists

5'x8', TYVEK® paper
Lead Muralist: Elaine Chu 
Designed and Painted: Students from Leadership High School
"St Ignatius College Preparatory Mural Project"
© 2018 Precita Eyes Muralists

5'x8', TYVEK paper
Lead Muralist: Priya Handa
Designed & Painted: Participants from First Christian Church
Description
The group decided that they wanted to focus on diversity and the flipping the story of where their church is located in the community. In real life the church is small and overshadowed by the city hall, the university, and new buildings being built all around. In this mural their community church and the people are the largest and most glowing parts of the community. There is a hand offering fresh garden produce to the community. There is a river that turns into a river of diverse people, because the group wanted to see more people show up for one another and share compassion. This mural is a manifestation of what the group hope will soon come for their community and city. 
"St Ignatius College Preparatory Mural Project"
© 2018 Precita Eyes Muralists

5'x8', TYVEK® paper
Lead Muralist: Carla Wozjuk
Designed & Painted: Students from St Ignatius College Preparatory
Description
This mural was designed and painted by students in a summer immersion program looking at housing and displacement in the Bay. This was a culminating project for their two week immersion program.  The students focused on the themes of love, community/diversity, awareness, appreciation, gentrification, being an ally in community, and priorities.   The mural depicts a big heart in the center with bart train tracks leading to various communities:  West Oakland, Mission District, and Bay View, and the church that the group stayed at. The mural shows images from each community as well as people they met along the way.  The mural shows city hall at the top with two different priorities: money and justice. The flowers in the center symbolize the community community  together.
"VLA"
© 2018 Precita Eyes Muralists
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5' x 8' acrylic paint on tyvek
Mural Directors: Sarah Siskin, Assisted by Samantha Schilf.
In collaboration with: Natoma Charter School
Location: 2981 24th St., San Francisco, CA
DESCRIPTION
Natoma Charter School brought in a group of High School juniors from Sacramento to do a mural tour of Balmy Alley and paint an instant mural. In their mural they explored themes of unity, diversity, freedom, independence and breaking tradition. They explored these themes through images of the earth with hands holding us up, a dream catcher, a diverse group of young women on top of the world marching with a banner, an eagle head vs a raven head representing two different birds working together. In the bottom right corner a birdcage has been cut
down and the birds are flying out, liberated. To the left side there is an open door with music notes, colors and a dog coming out to represent the light at the end of the tunnel or, behind the door. ​
"Archstone Foundation's Re- Envisioning Aging: Celebrating 30 Years of Grant making Event"
© 2018 Precita Eyes Muralists

5'x8', TYVEK paper
Designed by: Lead Muralists Eli Lippert and Assistant Muralist Amanda Hooshmand 
Painted by: Participants at the Re- Envisioning Aging: Celebrating 30 Years of Grant making event.
Location: Contemporary Jewish Museum, 736 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103
Kids in Parks / Green Hairstreak Butterfly Festival
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

5’ x 8’ Acrylic paint on tyvek
​Mural Directors:  Designed by Yukako Ezoe and painted by participants at Green Hairsterak Butterfly Festival.
"Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton Mural"
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

5’ x 8’ acrylic paint on tyvek
Mural Directors:  Directed by Elaine Chu
In Collaboration with: Students from Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton 
Location: 348 Precita Ave, San Francisco, CA
"Branches of Connections"
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

​Two murals both 5’ x7’ acrylic paint on tyvek
Mural Directors: Francisco Franco and Eli Lippert.
Assisted by: Robert Louthan. 
In Collaboration with: ENCORE.ORG staff members.
DESCRipTION:
The narrative of the mural was essentially about making connections between the young and the old. It was about bridging the generation gap, using the techniques written by the founder and expounded by the group. The metaphor of a tree with its roots and branches become symbols of reaching out and connecting with other, while rooted in the community, its foundation, and the knowledge of it’s elders.
"We Stand Connected"
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

​5’ x 8’ acrylic paint on tyvek
Mural Directors: Yukako Ezoe. Assisted by Flavia Elisa.
In Collaboration with: Jewish Community Center of San Francisco HYC Students
Location: Jewish Community Center of SF, 3200 California St, San Francisco, CA 94118
"San Francisco Village Dignifies Aging"
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

5’ x 8’ acrylic paint on tyvek
Mural Directors: Sarah Siskin.
In Collaboration with: San Francisco Village community members.
​Location: San Francisco Village, 3220 Fulton St, San Francisco, CA 94118
DESCRIPTION:
This project was designed and painted by a group of 10 seniors through San Francisco Village. This organization is a membership based community for seniors who wish to continue living independent lives. In our workshop they stressed the theme of embracing your age and engaging active aging. Their themes addressed community, living in the present and creating their own future. Several participants drew patterns and “mosaics” into their drawing so this became a central part of the mural. In the mural we have a San Francisco street scene with two friends sitting on a bench having coffee and a mother and son walking beside them. The various people in the street are supposed to represent intergenerational and the diversity of San Francisco and their own community. Instead of cement, the street is a mosaic of many vibrant colors also to represent diversity. The tree on the left reminds us of our roots but also what we grow into and what we become over the years. In the bottom right, a hand is giving flowers as an offering to the community. The painted ladies and Golden Gate bridge are also included in the mural as a symbol of loving San Francisco. The design in the top right corner is to remind us of our creativity
and the abstract beautiful ways that life takes its course. The blue swirls in the background represents the fog that covers a unified yetdiverse city.
March to A Brighter Future Mural
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralist

5’ x 8’ acrylic paint on tyvek
Mural Directors: Elaine Chu
In Collaboration with: 16 Students from Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton
Location: 348 Precita Ave., San Francisco, CA
Description:
10 students from Sacred Heart Academy in Atherton created an instant mural inspired by the Women’s March. The mural in the foreground features a group of marchers each holding up signs that symbolize a different cause and issue that are important to continue to stand up and support. Black lives matter, LGBT rights, equality for all, the environment, animals. All these causes are important and threatened to be taken away with the current government administration. Our youth needs to be prepared to protect the beliefs and liberties that are so vital and important to our country. In the background of the mural to the left are the effects of global warming with melting buildings and a hot sun. The background to the right are colorful buildings, blue skies, parks and trees. The right shows what the people need to protect and preserve. The nature and people that symbolize what makes our country so special and beautiful. ​
Foothill Middle College
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

5’ x 8’ acrylic paint on tyvek
Mural director: Sarah Siskin    
Designed and painted by: fifteen 12th grade Foothill Middle College students. 
Location: 348 Precita Ave., San Francisco, CA
DESCRIPTION:
​This mural was completed by the senior class of Foothill Middle college, an early start college program based in Mountain View. This program uses different themes to explore through various subjects throughout the year. This year they have been talking about themes surrounding community, inclusion, and non-conformity. All the students came from 4 different high schools to end up in this program, many of them did not have positive experiences at their old high schools so were redefining community and what it means to be a student. 
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In their mural they put hands opening up to give life to a tree. In the Palms of the hands and foot of the tree is a luscious garden. Roots climb down the arms and harbor clocks that are the school colors from where the students came from before Foothill. There is a broken milk bottle with bugs flying out to represent freedom; all the bugs are students thumb prints. Two puzzle totems flank the sides of the mural. This idea came from the group feeling that their school unites them as strong individuals but they also don’t conform to the normal high school experience. The animals in the totem are raising each other up and the planets are supposed to keep them in perspective. The mural is darker on the bottom by their roots representing their struggles and where they came from, but lightens with the tree and flowers moving up towards the top of the piece. 
"Equality"
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists
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5'x10', acrylic on tyvek  
Mural director: Sarah Siskin 
Design and painted by: 25 students from California State University Stanislaus​

DESCRIPTION:
This mural was completed by a group of young women entering into their freshman year of college at Stan State. Their elevate program allows these students to live together and take one first year experience course together. It is designed to help them build community and acclimate to college.  These students explored the theme of Black Lives Matter, Equality, Multi-cultural community and environment.
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In center of the mural is a large circle representing the earth. Holding up the earth are two striped hands, one with various skin colors to represent racial diversity and one that is rainbow colors to represent sexual diversity. Inside the globe is an atlas like statue holding up an eye shaped mass that says “equality.” On top of the globe are people of different skin colors holding hands. To the left of the globe is a giant heart with different statements and ideas that are important to the group. There is a chain around the heart that goes across the mural and into a giant fist to represent solidarity and power within their struggle. There is a bird with a key in its mouth flying down to unlock the padlock on the chained up heart, or to “free” the heart. At the bottom of the mural is a chain link fence with barbed wire. The fence has some breaks into it and those breaks turn into birds flying up to represent freedom. The flags on the top left of the mural represent their multicultural background.
"The Jew Generation Mural"
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

5’ x 8’ acrylic paint on tyvek
Mural Directors: Directed by Sarah Siskin
Design and painted by: Temple Isaiah Camp Kefli
Location: 348 Precita Ave., San Francisco, CA
Description:
“The Jew Generation” was completed by a group of 8th graders at camp Kefli, a Jewish summer camp in Lafayette. The name of their session was Idan Chadash, which translates from Hebrew as the next generation. The themes of the mural were centered around their group identity as young Jewish Americans: religion, heritage, perspective, community, trust, leadership, and taking responsibility as the next generation. Almost all the campers drew the Star of David in their sketches so they decided it was the most important symbol to put in the center of the mural. Around the six points of the star are people of different colors holding hands. The colors are to represent diversity and tolerance and how we all unite to form a special community. Above the star is a pair of rainbow hands representing their parents’ generation. The hands are passing the star off to the “accepting” hands below which represent the next generation. There is one tree on each side of the mural, one with leaves and one without leaves. This is to represent sickness/ health and the roots that flow into each other below unite us and heal us. They are our ties to our heritage and keep us connected. The stars in the sky are ancestors watching over us, and help us keep perspective in our daily lives.
"Becoming Buddha Mural"
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

5’ x 8’ acrylic paint on tyvek
Mural Directors: Directed by Yukako Ezoe
Location: Nueva School
Description: ​
The mural is about the Chinese Buddhist cave painting, designed by students from Nueva School based on their interpretations on what they learned in their studies. In the middle is a main Buddha surrounded by his disciples meditating together. The six men on the left are from a story where they become Buddhist after being robbers and losing their sight as a punishment. The right side depicts the king of China finding poverty in his own city and turning Buddhist. The Buddahs on the top are part of the famous cave painting called ‘1000 Buddah’.
"Air Jordan Sneakers Mural"
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

5’ x 8’ Acrylic paint on tyvek
Mural Directors:  Directed by Yukako Ezoe
Painted in collaboration with: Kelsey Pendleton and Eli Harold
Location:  2981 24th St, San Francisco, CA
Description: ​
Birthday party workshop conducted for Eli Harold #58 from the 49ers football team. Eli Harold is a big AirJordan sneaker fan so the mural is about his obsession for his collection.
"The Kite Runner Mural"
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

5’ x 11’ acrylic paint on tyvek
Mural Directors: Directed by Priya Handa, Assistanted byJoseph Colmenares. Design by Miss Taylor’s 4th and 5th Period Class at Ida B. Wells School
Location: 348 Precita Ave., San Francisco, CA
Description: ​
This mural focuses on the crux of the book. The Crux of the book represents the change in Amir and Hassan’s relationship. Amir and Hassan are the two main characters in the book “The Kite Runner,” that Miss Taylor’s class is currently reading. This class chose to read this book because it focuses on the lives of two Muslim Boys in Afghanistan, and the class felt it would be appropriate to focus on this book because of the current political climate that we are facing right now.
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Amir and Hassan come from two very different classes. Amir comes from privilege, while Hassan from a lower class. They both try to overcome this and bond over books. Hassan cannot read, and Amir reads to Hassan. Books are the basis of their friendship, hence why the students chose to use it as a background. The crux represents the point after the friendship falls apart. The left side shows the boys getting along and basking in the sun, with a lively tree. The tree is what the boys had carved their initials into to symbolize their friendship.

In the book Hassan is raped a group of teenage boys who do it show spite for his class. The book keeps bringing up the brick wall that was al he could see during the incident. There is a pomegranate being thrown and broken (from left to right) to represent Amir asking Hassan to hurt him, because Amir had hid during the crime instead of helping Hassan. The Kites are flown in the book, and signifies the kite flying competitions they have, and one kite beating the other kite.
"Nueva School Instant Mural Project"
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

5'x8', TYVEK® paper
Directed Muralist: Yukako Ezoe
Designed and Painted: Middle School students of Nueva School
Description
The Instant Mural touch base on multiple themes; unity, equality, and change. Change comes in role in three areas. First, trees shifting in season from spring to winter, second, their school mascot recently changing from wave to a maverick, and finally, a caterpillar turning into a cocoon, then into a butterfly. The butterfly with gears also a symbolize change; referencing that technology is slowing taking over nature. Unity is represented with figures holding hands surrounding the ‘giving hand tree’, and the banner wrapping around in Spanish, ‘Estamos Todos Juntos de Una Vez y por todas..’, translating to ‘We are together once and for all...’. The grsy scale in the middle shows equality, balancing two hands holding an eye reflecting numerous country flags. 
​"JPRN Instant Mural Project"
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

5'x8', TYVEK® paper
Lead Muralist: Yukako Ezoe
Designed & Painted: Students from Kinjyou Gakuen, Japan of JPRN
​"Highland Hall Waldorf School Instant Mural Project", 2017
© 2017 Precita Eyes Muralists

5'x8', TYVEK® paper
Lead Muralist: Carla Wojczuk
Designed & Painted: Students from Highland Hall Waldorf School
"The Lollipop Monster Garden Chalk Pastel Mural Project"
© 2016 Precita Eyes Muralists

5'x8', TYVEK paper
Directed Muralist: Lead Muralist Priya Handa
Designed and Drawn: Students of Flynn Elementary TK Students