MaestraPeace

Item

Title
MaestraPeace
Rights
Copyright The Women's Building Artists
Type
StillImage
Creator
Alicia, Juana
Bergman, Miranda
Boone, Edythe
Cervantes, Susan Kelk
Desai, Meera
Littleton, Yvonne
Perez, Irene
Date
1994
Description
MaestraPeace Mural was painted in 1994 by a “Who’s Who” of Bay Area muralists: Juana Alicia, Miranda Bergman, Edythe Boone, Susan Kelk Cervantes, Meera Desai, Yvonne Littleton and Irene Perez.
One of San Francisco’s largest and best known murals, MaestraPeace and serves as a visual testament to the courageous contributions of women through time and around the world.

The mural was fully cleaned and restored in 2012 by the original muralists with the assistance of a new generation of muralistas.
Description source
Format
image/jpeg
1080 × 810 pixels
Language
Spanish
English
Place
San Francisco, California
Mission District
The Women's Building
3543 18th Street #8
Alternative Title
Woman Teacher of Peace
Contributor
Photos from The Women's Building
Extent
230 KB
Identifier
1080
Subject
public art
mural paintings (visual works)
BIPOC
Feminism
LGBTQ+ arts
Queer activism
Lorde, Audre
O'Keeffe, Georgia, 1887-1986
AIDS awareness
Temporal Coverage
1994
2012 (restoration)
Media
MaestraPeace