Holy Trinity - Our
Lady of Guadalupe Church Mural
Several teens, most of whom belonged
to the Holy Trinity - Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church,
painted a mural that celebrates their religion and Hispanic culture.
Ammar Tate, an African American artist, worked with the teens
to help them draw out their ideas on paper. Each element of the
mural was transferred to a transparency then projected on to
the wall with an overhead projector.
The teens at first worked at
night to draw the images on the wall using the overhead projector.
Their activities attracted the attention of the neighbors who
were fascinated by the process of making the mural, the caliber
of work the teens were capable of doing, and the beautiful mural
the young people created.
This mural, as well as much of
the public art created by the neighborhood teenagers and children,
remains free of graffiti.