Living Walls is back to paint a new mural entitled “Monuments: Our Immigrant Mothers” on the wall at the corner of N. Candler and E. Howard on the side of Kelly’s Market and Vivid Hair Salon. The original mural, painted in 2011, was faded and cracked said Living Walls Director of Operations Kristen Consuegra. She said they now have a different method that can better withstand the elements. Work began this weekend with a bright yellow primer going up first.
The artist, Yehimi Cambron, is a graduate of Agnes Scott College and currently teaches at her alma mater, Cross Keys High School. The project is a culmination of her personal experience as an undocumented immigrant with DACA, of being the daughter of undocumented parents, and of the countless migration stories her students have shared with her in the art classroom through their projects.
Yehimi and Living Walls will be on site painting through June 3. The parking spaces and the sidewalk next to the mural are off-limits while the artist is painting but there is plenty of parking available in the lot behind the building and room to walk on the sidewalk across the street.
