"The Chicano mural movement has really been about creating a cultural geography in places where we could not afford to own the property but we could take the visual life into our own hands" - artist Juana Alicia (@juana_alicia) on the Mission Muralismo Movement In our "Mission Muralismo Audio Zine - Volume I" the artist discusses her experience painting her mural "Las Lechugueras" in San Francisco's Mission District. When she couldn't secure funding from the city to restore "Las Lechugueras," she took advantage of having first rights to destroy the mural so that she could create a new one. She then painted "La Llorona Sacred Waters" in its place. See it on the East side of York and 24th St. in the Mission District. 📖 Learn more about Juana Alicia in our digital publication "Proyecto Mission Murals" at the link in bio. 🎧 Listen to Alicia speak about "La Llorona Sacred Waters" and "Las Lechugueras" in the "Mission Muralismo Audio Zine - Volume I" at the 08:19 mark. _ [Juana Alicia, "*The Women Lettuce Workers / Las Lechugueras," 1985, © 2022 Juana Alicia, photo by Tim Drescher; Juana Alicia, "La Llorona Sacred Waters," © 2022 Juana Alicia, photo by Julie Lamb] #JuanaAlicia #Murals #MuralMaking #MissionDistrict #SanFrancisco