This October at Festival Bella Via, the exhibition street painting was a large group project called 'Personajes - Nuevo Leon 2010', which was a collage type chalk mural highlighting important icons, architecture and people in the state of Nuevo Leon. Concept by Festival Director Rosy Loyola. The street painting was divided into four groups, each with a Maestro Madonnari, a Qualificati Madonnari, a Semplice Madonnari and some student helpers. The artists divided up the work in their sections and worked on the 14' x 40' street painting over three days.
Maestros Madonnari: Valentina Sforzini, Joel Yau, Michael Kirby, Adrian Monsivais
Madonnari Qualificati: Julio Jimenez, Carlos H. Garcia, Jesus Carrizal, Omar Saenz
Madonnari Semplice: Helena Guzman, Marina Escamilla, Eleazar Saenz, Javier Guillen
Pequenos Aprendices: Julio Marinez, Irwin Sandoval, Ana Maria Rodriguez Paras
Overall gridded collage the artists used to draw out their sections.
Legends indicated the important places and peope in the mural. This section #1 was the far left area of the street painting.
Section #1 was to the far left of the chalk mural and showed many important people and buildings.
Section #2 included the famous mountain 'Cerro de la Silla" which you can clearly see from the street painting festival.
Baseball legend Angel Macias showed up to check out the artwork and meet some of his fans. Artist Julio Jimenez worked on Angel Macias as the young baseball player with the trophy and had a lot of fun meeting Mr. Macias in person!
The right side of section #2 showing Lety Benavides, a well-known TV personality.
Section #3 includes the beautiful Governor's Palace, where Festival Bella Via takes place on it's plaza each year.
Section #3 shows the Governor's Palace and important musicians and artists.
Section #4 included Paseo Santa Lucia, a beautiful man-made river, with great art and places to eat along the way, which we took a tour on.
Section #4 shows writers, communicators, and athletes known throughout Nuevo Leon.
The finished artwork from the right side.
Here are some photos of the teams working on this large street painting mural.
'Personajes - Nuevo Leon 2010' street painters pose for a group photo.