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JOHN VALADEZ - WELCOME TO LONG BEACH (Mural) 2011

CAM:
Here is a couple of pictures I took of Chicano artist John Valadez’s mural “Welcome to Long Beach.” The mural is located in Long Beach, California. I planned a trip to Long Beach a couple months ago to go view the MEX/L.A. exhibit at the Museum Of Latin American Art (MOLAA) and this vertical massive mural by Mr. Valadez. I was able to talk to Mr. Valadez at the Mapping Another L.A. exhibit at the Fowler Museum and we talked a little about his mural in Santa Ana, California at the Ronald Reagan Federal Court House and this one in Long Beach. Cool little fact Mr. Valadez told me about the Long Beach mural is that Chicano great and East Los Streetscaper, Wayne Alaniz Healy installed the “Welcome To Long Beach” mural. Mr. Valadez will have a survey exhibition of his work at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla (MCASD) later this year.