Tag: “Balmy”

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  1. The Five Sacred Colors of Corn

    Detail of a Balmy Alley mural inspired by Huichol yarn paintings, by Susan Kelk Cervantes and Mia Gonzalez.

  2. Life on the Walls

    A homegrown mural tradition reveals a San Francisco neighborhood's true colors.

  3. Balmy Alley

    This tiny alley in San Francisco's Mission District has been a focal point for local street muralists since the 1970s. Balmy Alley runs parallel to Treat Ave and Harrison Street between 24th & 25th streets, and today it is covered with more than a dozen murals — many of which have political themes.

  4. Las Milagrosas: A Tribute to Women Artists

    Italian photographer Tina Modotti, Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, German painter and sculptor Kathe Kollwitz, African-American sculptor Elizabeth Catlett grace a garage door at 86 Balmy Alley. Mural by Mary Nash.

  5. Balmy Alley, Old and New

    A Central America-themed mural from the 1980s stands beside a more recent graffiti-style piece, while Tibetan prayer flags wave in the backyard.

  6. Un Pasado Que Aún Vive

    In this 2004 mural by Joel Bergner, a Salvadoran village is still haunted by memories of the 1980s civil war.

  7. Balmy Alley

  8. Balmy Alley

    Some of the great mural art in the Mission District of San Francisco

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