Pacoima’s Art Revolution by Levi Ponce
Inspired by an article on LA Muralists on LAist, we spent Mother’s Day walking along Mural Mile on Van Nuys Blvd in Pacoima to photograph murals that we liked (when the light was right and we had access).
Frida Kahlo by Levi Ponce
Virgen of Guadalupe by Hector Ponze
They were the art work of muralists like Kristy Sandoval, Levi Ponce and his father Héctor Ponce, who is from El Salvador, with themes like the actor Danny Treio, who is from Pacoima, a Mona Lisa wearing a sombrero, Frida Kahlo and the Virgen of Guadalupe.
Danny Trejo by Levi Ponce
We then had a tasty lunch of quesadilla al pastor and pork ribs in green salsa at Sabor a la Mexicana. It was a good day.
Without Boundaries by Sarah Ackerley and Levi Ponce
Text and photos by Elisa Leonelli
P.S. We could not enter the locked gate and photograph this lovely mural
Decolonizing by Kristy Sandoval