Fellow artist Diego Gómez, who worked on four boxes in the Tenderloin and Lower Nob Hill, got a lot of thank-yous from passersby as he painted flowers, birds, watermelons, and abstract shapes. It led to another gig, after the owners of a nearby pizzeria saw him working. “They commissioned me to make a ‘pizza wings’ mural in the alley next to their shop,” Gómez said.
However, the overall project was not without some controversy. Grantee artist J Manuel Carmona began painting boxes along Valencia Street in the Mission in 2023, many of which explored Latinx and LGBTQ+ themes, including one that depicted local drag performer Juanita MORE!
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