In Uvalde, Texas there is an ongoing project to remember the 21 lives lost during the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.
Muralists from all over Texas have gone down to the city to create individual murals of each person that died.
Sandra Gonzalez is a San Antonio Art teacher and Muralist who created the mural of Eva Mireles, one of the teachers lost that day. She spoke about her experience with KRLD's Kristin Diaz.
It has been an honor to be part of the “Healing Uvalde” mural project, I painted a portrait of Eva Mireles surrounded by her favorite colors, flowers, glowing mountains, and diamond hills. I am a teacher and a muralist; it was important for me to celebrate the life of a teacher who was passionate about education and died as a hero. This mural was completed in five days, on the last day, the family came to witness the completion of the mural. It was an afternoon of labor and love; her family was blasting Eva’s favorite songs while they were taking turns helping me finish this massive mural of 18ft x 30ft. I tried my best to capture Eva’s essence, she is seen with her open arms holding two flags which one of them says “Always Strong”. During my days in Uvalde, I witnessed many people admiring the murals and supporting this project. The community was very attentive, always offering and bringing water and food to the artists.
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