Frutos de la Expresion
Mural in Albuquerque, New Mexico, directed by Claire Bain; designed and painted with participants in the organization Working Classroom’s art program.
2000
Visible from 212 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
The student artist participants chose to represent the 1st, 15th, and 19th amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The three main figures, left to right are:
1st Amendment, freedom of speech - Witter Bynner, openly gay Santa Fe writer;
15th Amendment, right to vote regardless of race or color - Miguel Trujillo, Native American activist who won the right to vote for Native Americans in New Mexico;
19th Amendment : right for women to vote - Nina Otero-Warren, women’s suffragist and political leader.
see also:
Witter Bynner - https://www.bynnerfoundation.org/witterbynner/
Miguel H. Trujillo -
https://www.sos.nm.gov/2022/07/22/miguel-h-trujillo-posthumously-wins-2022-margaret-chase-smith-american-democracy-award-for-political-courage/
https://friendsofhistorynm.org/event/miguel-trujillo-new-mexicos-unknown-civil-rights-hero/
Nina Otero-Warren -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelina_Otero-Warren
2000
Visible from 212 2nd St SW, Albuquerque, NM 87102
The student artist participants chose to represent the 1st, 15th, and 19th amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The three main figures, left to right are:
1st Amendment, freedom of speech - Witter Bynner, openly gay Santa Fe writer;
15th Amendment, right to vote regardless of race or color - Miguel Trujillo, Native American activist who won the right to vote for Native Americans in New Mexico;
19th Amendment : right for women to vote - Nina Otero-Warren, women’s suffragist and political leader.
see also:
Witter Bynner - https://www.bynnerfoundation.org/witterbynner/
Miguel H. Trujillo -
https://www.sos.nm.gov/2022/07/22/miguel-h-trujillo-posthumously-wins-2022-margaret-chase-smith-american-democracy-award-for-political-courage/
https://friendsofhistorynm.org/event/miguel-trujillo-new-mexicos-unknown-civil-rights-hero/
Nina Otero-Warren -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adelina_Otero-Warren