Murals of the victims give the community a positive outlet to process their grief and celebrate their loved ones’ lives.
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Ortiz-Acosta worked with MAS Cultura, an Austin-based group that supports Latino artists, to pair artists with families of the victims. Family members shared details of their loved ones’ lives to create the personalized murals. Abel Ortiz-Acosta chats with the artists while family members of Maite Rodriguez paint a small section of the mural in her memory in Uvalde on July 24, 2022.Families and friends of the people who died also picked up paint brushes to contribute to the artwork.
In late October, artists from San Antonio added the last touches to the final mural of the project, titled “Remember Their Names.” In this mural, all 21 victims are represented together.
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