Apr 252011
18th and Lapidge
Mission
This is The Goddess of Light and Creativity on the Woman’s Building in the mission district of San Francisco. Particularly at 18th and Lapidge. The building has two walls of a dramatic mural that pay homage to women. The murals were created by a team of seven San Francisco women and is called “Maestrapeace”. The Goddess of Light and Creativity sits atop the waters of life flowing beneath her and transforming into fabric designs from around the world. The Mission District mural features such notable women as Georgia O’Keefe (an innovative American artist) and Rigoberta Menchu (a Guatemalan of Mayan decent and Nobel prize-winning activist).
The Women’s building houses a group of visionary who’s purpose it is to incubate emerging Bay Area women’s projects.
You can find out all about them at their website.
I particularly love this photo because it shows the density of the neighborhood, and has such a wonderful grittiness to it. It is almost impossible to shoot the mural because of the close proximity of nearby buildings.