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Urban Images
I met the artist of this painting today - Diego Cardoso - at HomeGirl Cafe in Boyle Heights on First Street, right by Mariachi Plaza. [It is a great new restaurant - you should try it.]
Cardoso grew up in Boyle Heights, graduating from Roosevelt High School. He has an exhibit of paintings - "Urban Images" - in the restaurant, which is across the street from the Metro Gold Line East LA extension that is set to open in 2008. "Working for the Metro (MTA) pays my mortgage," he said, "but I want to connect each station on the Metro extension to the community life and art around that station."
In Boyle Heights, that equals murals. When Veronica & I moved to Boyle Heights 5 years ago, I started working on a mural project, cataloging murals in Boyle Heights. In the end, I made a driving tour, including over 60 murals in the Boyle Heights neighborhood.
Cardoso was very interested in my mural tour, so I'm going to get together with him to talk more about the driving tour that I've made. Who knows, maybe I'll be a part of future "urban images."
Cardoso grew up in Boyle Heights, graduating from Roosevelt High School. He has an exhibit of paintings - "Urban Images" - in the restaurant, which is across the street from the Metro Gold Line East LA extension that is set to open in 2008. "Working for the Metro (MTA) pays my mortgage," he said, "but I want to connect each station on the Metro extension to the community life and art around that station."
In Boyle Heights, that equals murals. When Veronica & I moved to Boyle Heights 5 years ago, I started working on a mural project, cataloging murals in Boyle Heights. In the end, I made a driving tour, including over 60 murals in the Boyle Heights neighborhood.
Cardoso was very interested in my mural tour, so I'm going to get together with him to talk more about the driving tour that I've made. Who knows, maybe I'll be a part of future "urban images."
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