Arte Mestizo, mural by Emanuel Martinez

Title: Arte Mestizo, mural by Emanuel Martinez
Description: Painted in acrylic on the concrete wall of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center’s parking lot, the 200 ft. x 10 ft Arte Mestizo consists of 15 panels in a wide variety of colors - from bright blues and pinks to browns, blacks, and everything in between. Rather than telling a linear narrative, each panel represent notable cultural influences in Colorado Springs from Spanish, Native, and Hispanic and Latino culture.
Subject: Hispanic American mural painting and decoration--United States--Colorado--Colorado Springs; Mural painting and decoration, Mexican--Influence; Public Art--United States--Colorado--Colorado Springs; Hispanic Americans--United States--Colorado--Colorado Springs
Creator: McIntosh, Elna (photographer); Martínez, Emanuel, 1947-
Date: 1986; June 19th 2025
Format: image/jpeg; Color Photograph; 3 digital photographs
Rights: Mural copyright 1986 Emanuel Martinez; Photographs copyright 2025 Elna McIntosh
Type: image

Item sets: MCINTOSH_ELNA_Colorado Springs Hispanic and Latino cultural artifacts

Media: Left side panels of Arte Mestizo; Center panels of Arte Mestizo; Full view of Arte Mestizo