Interdisciplinary Student Murals

 

In 2021, three areas at SDSU - Student Affairs and Campus Diversity, the School of Art and Design, and Arts Alive SDSU -  collaborated to create an innovative program for student murals to be created across campus to focus on issues of social justice. Students were invited to submit proposals for interdisciplinary teams to create murals on particular issues and themes related to social justice. The committee reviewed several inspiring proposals and selected five teams to complete their projects. These artist teams were awarded $1500 each to create and install their proposed project at various campus locations, including four on the main SDSU campus and one at SDSU Imperial Valley.

Juntos We Can

by Itzel Ortuno and Johnny Villamar
Enamel paint and plywood 
 

JUNTOS WE CAN, 2021 Enamel paint and plywood The Division of Student Affairs and Campus Diversity, the School of Art and Design, and Arts Alive SDSU hosted a Social Justice Mural Competition during the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. During a time of intense turmoil throughout the world, these groups had the goal to “Foster and sustain an environment where all students, faculty, staff, and alumni feel welcomed, supported, and valued by the university.” Itzel Ortuño, an alumnus of SDSU's School of Art and Design, saught to support the university's social justice goals through her art. Inspired by the diversity on campus, Ortuño focused on the celebratory nature of biculturalism on campus and in San Diego. The artist would like to extend her sincerest thanks to Sabrina Davidson, Emily Fox, Yesenia Hayes, Kasie Murdock, Omar Ortuño, Marina Ortuño, and Johnny Villamar for the immense help in making this mural come to life. itzelortuno.com

Make Your Voice Heard

by Johnny Villamar and Itzel Ortuno
Latex paint

make your voice heard mural
 

Untitled

by Mila Eliachev, Ryan Malek-Maple, Benjamin Wall-Feng, and Sky Schoenhoeft

Latex paint

mirasmural

Untitled

by Sergio Ojeda Alma Medina and Samantha Ramirez

Latex paint

sergiosmural

Untitled

by George Shaffer, Eirein Gaile Harn, Alexander Florendo, Jhelen Ramirez

Latex paint

georges mural