Alongside and with supervision of the Mural Coordinator, the Lead Muralist / Designer is responsible for all aspects of individual mural projects with respect to San Anto Cultural Arts Mural Program Process. The purpose of the Lead Muralist / Designer within the SACA Mural Program is to empower/train community residents, who have innate artistic ability, and have not had the opportunity to develop and showcase that ability, with the skills to develop community murals or public art. The Lead Muralist / Designer will/must learn how to communicate and work with a certain community or neighborhood to create murals or public art that reflect social issues, cultural awareness, history, and artistic preservation/excellence. Lead Muralist / Designers are youth and adult community residents with or without mural experience. Lead Muralist / Designers may be former mural crew members or hard core crew members on previous projects. Lead Muralist / Designers are not required to have any mural experience, but must abe to draw from a natural sense of creativity and artistic expression (i.e. realistic drawing/painting and design, sketching, graffiti, folk art, paño arte, tattoos, sculpture,tile work, yard/garden art). Lead Muralist / Designers are responsible for working with a Hard Core Mural Crew on all aspects of mural the SACA Mural Process; as well as with Volunteer Mural Crew Members, Community Residents and Wall Owners.

To get involved with Community Mural Program, please contact
Ruth Buentello
Community Mural/Public Art Program Coordinator
ruth@sananto.org