Art always prevails during a period of unrest and change. Incredible acts of creativity have bloomed all over Milwaukee in the past two weeks, including these new murals.
Artists Mauricio Ramirez and Chacho Lopez collaborated to create "Virgen de Guadalupe," a 30-feet-by-15-feet mural on Seventh and Lincoln Avenue. It is a block away from a mural Ramirez painted last month to honor healthcare workers during the pandemic.
"We have been talking about this project since 2017 and this this week we finally executed thanks to the help of local residents and the St. Josaphat Basilica Foundation," Ramirez wrote on Facebook.
Check out this timelapse video that took 48 hours in real time:
This weekend, Lopez also began working on a mural on the side of South Sixth Street building overlooking the Conejito's parking lot called "Unity." He collaborated with Julian Correa, Adam Correa, Jon Murray, Oscar Lopez, Leonard Lopez, Andre Colbert, Jon Bartels, Chris Burke and Ben Davison. The mural is still in progress.
Molly Snyder started writing and publishing her work at the age 10, when her community newspaper printed her poem, "The Unicorn.” Since then, she's expanded beyond the subject of mythical creatures and written in many different mediums but, nearest and dearest to her heart, thousands of articles for OnMilwaukee.
Molly is a regular contributor to FOX6 News and numerous radio stations as well as the co-host of "Dandelions: A Podcast For Women.” She's received five Milwaukee Press Club Awards, served as the Pfister Narrator and is the Wisconsin State Fair’s Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Champion of 2019.
