Posted Jul 19, 2009, 9:04 AM
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Tourists on bikes take in West Side neighborhood’s life-affirming murals
I thought this was cool, since when I visit San Antonio, I turn into a two wheeled tourist.
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/loc...ng_murals.html
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Tourists on bikes take in West Side neighborhood’s life-affirming murals
By Brian Chasnoff - Express-News
On the West Side, there are walls on which life's ugly realities are transformed into works of art.
On Friday, the nonprofit San Anto Cultural Arts — for 16 years the driving force behind these transformations — hosted an inaugural bike tour of its murals, painted by artists and residents in vibrant, acrylic colors.
About 50 people, plus two teenagers who joined mid-tour, pedaled en masse through the streets of the inner city, prompting honks and waves and stopping to hear the stories behind the art, told with aplomb by Cruz Ortiz, a co-founder of SACA.
The organization has coordinated the creation of 37 murals, of which the tour highlighted 15.
“I don't think a lot of people in San Antonio know about the murals and understand that San Antonio is a real outdoor museum,” Ortiz, 37, said before leading the evening excursion. “I mean, it's intense.”
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