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Precita Eyes Muralists Association is a community-based non-profit muralist and arts education group located in the Mission District of San Francisco, California, founded in 1977 by Susan and Luis Cervantes.〔(Precita Eyes celebrates two decades of making walls, and community, bloom ), by Will Cain, ''San Francisco Chronicle'', October 17, 2007, access date July 18, 2008〕 ==History== Precita Eyes Muralists Association was founded in 1977 by Susan and Luis Cervantes who had come to the Bay Area several years before and started a family. Susan Cervantes herself had been inspired by “Las Mujeres Muralistas,” the first all-women group of collaborative muralists from which she applies her strategy of collaborative, accessible, community art.〔 The organization evolved from a community mural workshop in which the participants designed and painted the portable mural “Masks of God, Soul of Man” for the Bernal Heights Library. The group signed the piece as Precita Eyes Muralists because the project was a collaborative effort. The name of the organization comes from the fact that most of the muralists were from Precita Valley. Precita is a diminutive form of the Spanish word ‘presa,’ which means dam; the word ‘Precita’ means little dam. The ‘Eyes’ in the name are what we perceive the visual world with, our own eyes. After the first mural, the group of artists continued to be interested in creating murals. They completed two major mural commissions and several more portable murals. Two years later, the group applied for non-profit status in 1979. In 1998 Precita Eyes expanded its operations with the purchase of the building at 2981 24th Street, near the well-known Balmy Alley.〔Precita Eyes Muralists, Precita Eyes Organizational History, Press kit. Retrieved on March 03, 2008〕 As of 2007, Precita Eyes had supported nearly 100 murals in the Mission neighborhood, including on The Women's Building and Cesar Chavez Elementary School.〔 Precita Eyes celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2007〔(Precita Eyes celebrates three decades of making walls, and community, bloom ), "dd_precita034.jpg" caption, ''San Francisco Chronicle'', October 17, 2007, access date July 18, 2008〕 and continues to conduct several mural projects each year. Recent projects include two international projects, one in Beijing, China〔(What's happening in China ), by Nicolas C. Hope, Stanford Center for International Development, May 11, 2007, access date July 18, 2008〕 and the other in parts of Palestine and Lebanon. Other recent local projects involved the restoration of two San Francisco Parks, Excelsior Playground and Crocker-Amazon Playground. They also host an annual Urban Youth Arts Festival, with artists painting on boards in Precita Park. Murals are an expression of the culture of the neighborhood; in an article about Precita Eyes, muralist Juana Alicia Montoya said "In the 1960s and '70s, the Mission District became the cultural heart of the Chicano movement in California...And the murals were an integral part of that movement, as was theater and poetry." The book ''Chicana and Chicano Art: ProtestArte'' says "Arts organizations such as Precita Eyes continue to support Chicano muralism's original objective: to create public art that authentically represents a community's history and culture." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Precita Eyes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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