La Ofrenda, Los Angeles, 1990

La Ofrenda, 1990, Toluca Street under the 1st Street bridge (near 2nd St. and Glendale Blvd.), Echo Park. This tribute to the struggle and strength of the farmworkers and all Latinos particularly emphasizes the role of women by spotlighting Dolores Huerta, a longtime leader of the United Farm Workers Union. Acrylic, 36' x 20', by Yreina Cervantez, assisted by Claudia Escobedes, Eriick Montenegro, Vladimir Morales, and Sonia Ramos. Sponsored by Social and Public Art Resource Center. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, rev. 2nd ed., p. 108, #18