Susan Cervantes

Susan Kelk Cervantes
Born 1944
Alma mater San Francisco Art Institute
Known for Muralism
Spouse(s) Luis Cervantes (1924—2005)

Susan Kelk Cervantes (born 1944) is an American artist who has been at the epicenter of the San Francisco mural movement and the founder and executive director of the community-based non-profit Precita Eyes Muralists.

Personal life and education

Susan Kelk graduated high school early in Dallas, Texas to attend art school at the age of 16. Despite that her parents could not help pay her tuition after losing their floral and nursery business Kelk turned down a scholarship to Dallas Museum of Art and attended San Francisco Art Institute.[1] Kelk received her B.F.A. in 1965 and M.F.A. in 1968.[2] In her first year of college Kelk met her husband and collaborator Luis Cervantes.[3] They had three sons together.[1]

Professional life

Susan Cervantes is considered a leader in the Mission District community mural movement[4] and considers herself a community artist responsible for over 400 murals.[5] Cervantes was introduced to murals through Diego Rivera's The Making of a Fresco Showing the Building of a City (1931) at Diego Rivera Gallery[1] and was inspired by and then joined the Mujeres Muralistas in the early 1970s.[6] Though Cervantes was not Chicana her work was strongly influenced by and sensitive to the Chicano art movement.[7]

Susan and Luis founded the Precita Eyes Mural Arts Center in 1977.[8] Precita Eyes has been recognized for creating public art that reflects its community's history and culture.[9] Some of her notable work has appeared at the MaestraPeace mural on the Women's Building, Clarion Alley Mural Project, Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation, and Balmy Alley.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Whiting, Sam (January 4, 2014). "Mural matriarch Susan Cervantes makes it big in art". SF Gate. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Susan K. Cervantes Resume". 2008.
  3. ↑ "SUSAN KELK CERVANTES".
  4. ↑ Cordova, Cary (2017). The heart of the Mission : Latino art and politics in San Francisco. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 51. ISBN 9780812249309. OCLC 960292537.
  5. ↑ Callahan, Molly (October 3, 2016). "NORTHEASTERN'S NEWEST ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PUTS MURAL IN STUDENTS' HANDS". News at Northeastern. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  6. ↑ Cordova, Cary (2017). The heart of the Mission : Latino art and politics in San Francisco. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 134. ISBN 9780812249309. OCLC 960292537.
  7. ↑ Latorre, Guisela (2008). Walls of empowerment : Chicana/o indigenist murals of California (1st ed.). Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780292718838. OCLC 311063888.
  8. ↑ Arreola, Daniel D. (2004). Hispanic spaces, Latino places : community and cultural diversity in contemporary America (1st ed.). Austin: University of Texas Press. p. 95. ISBN 0292702671. OCLC 191935693.
  9. ↑ Jackson, Carlos Francisco (2009). Chicana and Chicano art : ProtestArte. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. p. 81. ISBN 9780816526475. OCLC 236117299.
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