Pilsen Murals

Murals are a traditional Mexican art form, and they’re splashed all over Pilsen’s buildings. If you arrive by train, your first sighting will be at the Pink Line 18th St station. With the help of his students, local art teacher Francisco Mendoza riotously colored the walls with religious and cultural imagery. The exterior wall of the Cooper Dual Language Academy is the canvas for a 1990s tile mosaic that shows a diverse range of Mexican images, from a portrait of farm-worker advocate Dolores Huerta to the Virgin of Guadalupe. Each summer, art students add more panels. A mural of parishioners eating corn while Jesus looks on graces St Pius Church.