SAY IT WITH ART... SEED MURALS PICTURES

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Mural seeded by the community of New Mexico at various public events & schools.

This mural was created to educate participants about seeds in India. The peacock is the national bird of india and most of the seeds used in this mural are use in Indian cuisine. The design is based on Indian gond art. .

It took 16 months to complete this mural.

Designed by Jade Leyva with the assistance of Noel Chilton

Summer 2014 - Seed mural art with young women at the Bernalillo Youth Detention Center. This experience was transforming and a lot of leaning took place for all! The staff at the detention center rocked!!! They helped and had a great time doing it! The kids at The Orchard Summer Camp in the South Valley of Albuquerque also participated in a couple of the sections. Everyone did such a wonderful job on this piece.

35 Participants in 5 sessions to complete this 12' X 8 piece.

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Community Arts and Education...

Seed Preservationis and Bee Keeper Isaura Andaluz from Cuatro Puertas has been part of the Community Seed Mural Project from the beginning, sharing her extense knowledge about seeds, bees and how to take care of them and their connection to a healthy future.

Bee Keeper Jessie Brown from Brown's Downtown Bees joined us at the University of New Mexico to speak abot all things bees including organic care for their preservation.

Handed out to participants with educational materials about how to help bee preservation.

March 2014.

The Community of New Mexico working on "Bee The Change " Seed Mural.

April 2015.

The Community working on the seed mural Seed love.

October 2013.

The Community working on the seed mural "Peacock"

Summer 2014.

ACCESS (Arts, Community, Culture, Education, Sports & Science).

Had a total blast with ACCESS group in the south valley of Albuquerque!!! This piece was designed by some of this beautiful kids and everyone enjoyed placing seeds on it. We thank Fernando Ortega for his invitation to work with this amazing group.

Spring 2015.

The Community working on Yemayá seed mural.

National Hispanic Cultural Center

Summer 2015.

La Cosecha CSA/Agri-Cultura Network Farm Party.

The Comunity of the South Valley of Albuquerque working on the seed mural Tonantzin.

August 2015.

Do you want the Community Seed Mural Project to visit your event, school or organization? Fill out the form below and we will contact you soon with availability. Leave the name of event, school or organization along with age range of participants, location, date and time.

EVENTS, SCHOOLS & ORGANIZATIONS WE HAVE VISITED

¡Globalquerque! National Hispanic Cultural Center, September 2013

Enlace Comunitario (Albuquerque, NM) Fall 2013

Placitas Elementary School (Placitas, NM) Fall 2013

Marigold Parade (Albuquerque South Valley) Fall 2013

A Childs Garden Preschool (Albuquerque, NM) Fall 2013

Armijo Elementary (Albuquerque South Valley) Fall 2013

Bosque School (Albuquerque, NM) Fall 2013

Cochiti Elementary School (Albuquerque South Valley) Fall 2013

Tortuga Gallery (Albuquerque, NM) Fall 2013

Corrales Elementary (Corrales, NM) Fall 2013

Atalaya Elementary School (Santa Fe, NM) January 2014

ASUNM Special event, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM) Feb 2014

Placitas Library (Placitas, NM) March 2014

San Cristóbl de la Casas (Chiapas, Mexico) March 2014

Tepoztlán (Morelos, Mexico) April 2014

Bernalillo County Library on Juan Tabo (Albuquerque, NM) March 2014

University of New Mexico, Lobos Sustainable Fair April 2014

New Mexico State Land Office (Santa Fe, New Mexico) April 2014

Gathering Of Artists Gallery (Corrales, NM) May 2014

Bernalillo Youth Detention Center (Albuquerque, NM) June/July 2014 (4 Visits)

Railyards Market (Abuquerque, NM) June 2014

Summer Orchard Camp (South Valley, Albuquerque, NM) June 2014

Open Space Visitor Center (Albuquerque, NM) August 2014

Bernalillo County Assesor's Office (Albuquerque, NM) Spetember 2014

¡Globalquerque! National Hispanic Cultural Center, September 2014

New Mexico State Fair/NM State Land Office Booth (Albuquerque, NM) Spetember 2014

Salud y Sabor, National Hispanic Cultural Center, September 2014

Local Food Festival, Historic Hubble House (South Valley Albuquerque, NM) October 2014

Salud y Sabor, National Hispanic Cultural Center, November 2014

Salud y Sabor, National Hispanic Cultural Center, January 2014

Salud y Sabor, National Hispanic Cultural Center, February 2014

ABC Juan Tabo Seed Library March 2015

Salud y Sabor, National Hispanic Cultural Center, March 2014

Los Padillas Elementary School (Albuquerque South Valley, NM) March 2015

Recuerda a César Chávez (Albuquerque South Valley, NM) March 2015

Ms. Cohen Homeschool Classroom (Santa Fe, NM) April/May/June 2015 (4 Visits)

Salud y Sabor, National Hispanic Cultural Center, April 2015

Harwood Art Center (Albuquerque, NM) April 2015

University of New Mexico, Lobos Sustainable Fair (Albuquerque, NM) April 2015

Next Generation Conservationist Fair, Valle del Oro Wildlife Refuge (Sounth Valley of Albuquerque, NM) April 201

Bees & Seeds Festival (Albuquerque, NM) May 2015

ACCESS (Arts, Community, Culture, Education, Sports & Science) May/June 2015 (2 Visits)

Salud y Sabor, National Hispanic Cultural Center, May 2015

Los Padillas Elementary School (South Valley Of Albuquerque, NM) May 2015

New Mexico Simons Scholars group, University Of New Mexico (Albuquerque) June 2015

Fiesta Caribe, National Hispanic Cultural Center (Albuquerque, NM) June 2015

Urban Refuge A.R.T.S. Event, Valle del Oro Wildlife Refuge (South Valley Of Albuquerque) July 2015

Railyards Market (Albuquerque, NM) July 2015

Salud y Sabor, National Hispanic Cultural Center, July 2015

Junior's Scientists Outreach Program at West Side Community Center. (South Valley Of Albuquerque, NM) July 2015

Endion Schnichtel, Is creating a Seed Piece in New Zealand, August 2015