Raw Material Presents: The Mission Muralismo Audio Zine - Volume I

Raw Material is excited to share The Mission Muralismo Audio Zine – Volume I with our listening audience — because we know how much you love ART about ART! Local writers Olivia Peña and Josiah Luis Alderete interweave their perspectives on the history of the Mission Muralismo movement with stories from the muralists themselves.

This zine expands storytelling related to SFMOMA’s Summer 2022 exhibition Diego Rivera’s America, centering voices of The Mission community and Muralism movement.

Full English Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ka7WNVGkoqxlGenvOd3N50W_x1fm_lZAAbRC9SQu2NQ/edit#heading=h.hgszqot914a9

Full Spanish Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1d3iZrqJSt2wHuoEfWhfW7UgXRUNq6Oe7nd18N5qsJss/edit#heading=h.hgszqot914a9

Featured Artists:
Juana Alicia, Susan Cervantes, Daniel Galvez, Mia Galaviz de Gonzalez, Nancy “Pili” Hernandez, John Jota Leaños, Consuelo Mendez, Irene Perez, Patricia Rodriguez.

Cast and Crew:
Josiah Luis Alderete – Narrator and Co-Writer
Javier Briones – Interviewer, Sound Recordist
Natalia De La Rosa – Production Assistant
Erica Gangsei – Executive Producer
Stephanie Garcés – Interviewer
Camilo Garzón – Voice Director, Co-Writer, Sound Designer, Interviewer, Sound Recordist, and Lead Producer
Santino Gonzales – Sound Designer, Sound Recordist, and Score Composer Christo Oropeza – Score Composer
Olivia Peña – Narrator and Co-Writer
Myisa Plancq-Graham – Executive Producer, Interviewer, Sound Recordist
Gustavo Vera – Sound Recordist

Collage by Myisa Plancq-Graham, with photos by Frevi, Carol M. Highsmith, and Myisa Plancq-Graham

Table of Contents:
00:00 – 02:37 - Prologue: Land & Language Acknowledgement, featuring a poetry excerpt of Holding Space Inside a Colonized Place by Josiah Luis Alderete.

02:38 – 06:12 - What does the Mission mean to you? Featuring Nancy “Pili” Hernandez & Consuelo Mendez.

06:13 – 08:18 - Mia Galaviz de Gonzalez reflects on the origins of Balmy Alley.

08:19 – 13:43 - Juana Alicia on her murals La Llorona Sacred Waters & Las Lechugueras.

13:44 – 16:43 - Susan Cervantes and Juana Alicia meet for the first time.

16:44 – 21:57 - La Misión a short story excerpt by Olivia Peña.

23:31 – 28:06 - Patricia Rodriguez & Irene Perez discuss the origins of The Mujeres Muralistas and share their artist manifesto.

28:07 – 35:36 - The impact and history of the Women’s Building’s MaestraPeace Mural.

35:37 – 39:25 - Artist and educator John Jota Leaños on Contemporary & Digital Muralism.

39:26 – 42:15 - The Galeria de la Raza Blues poetry excerpt by Josiah Luis Alderete.

42:16 – 44:52 - A collage of community member voices reflect on what the Mission means to them.

44:53 – 46:30 - Credits

46:31 – 48:21 - Epilogue: Daniel Galvez & Camilo Garzón on cave art, muralismo, & oral storytelling.