Little by little, various neighborhoods in San Miguel de Allende have joined in, offering their walls to urban artists who create large-scale graffiti murals that have even become an attraction for visitors.
This time, artists from different parts of the country are working on the walls of the Stirling Dickinson baseball stadium to add a splash of color to the area encompassing the Ignacio Ramírez, Palmita de Landeta, and El Deportivo neighborhoods.
The project has reached the upper part of the city thanks to the initiative of Alejandro Cortés, who, through Ocelotl ArteSma, has been working for several years to secure increasingly larger spaces to showcase urban art through two approaches: modern contemporary art and traditional art.
Urban artists from various states are painting a 300-square-meter wall at the Stirling Dickinson Stadium in San Miguel de Allende.
“I was looking for a space where we could paint, and the Municipal Baseball League lent us this space (…) around 30 artists participated, and the theme of the piece is robots in battle in a futuristic setting, with references to robots from anime or manga, which also allows us to set new challenges and combine styles,” shared Alejandro.
The artwork, which will cover a wall of approximately 300 square meters, also includes a space for free graffiti where artists from Morelos, Mexico City, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, and the host, who is originally from San Miguel de Allende, are participating.
In the municipality, graffiti art has gained popularity after an event was held for several years in the Guadalupe neighborhood, where residents lent their walls to urban artists who, year after year, occupied more and more spaces, even turning the area into a tourist attraction, as it currently houses more than 30 works.
“As an artist, I’ve been painting for about 14 years. Guadalupe was an accessible space for murals, and now we’re looking for spaces where creativity isn’t so limited. We understand that there are other neighborhoods that need this kind of initiative,” said the San Miguel-based artist.
Alejandro Cortés emphasized that the group is always looking for spaces and opportunities to collaborate, as well as sponsors who want to join the project that promotes art and culture.
Source: periodicocorreo
