Mural at Hartford Public Library, Park Branch
Date2014 September 18
MediumBorn digital image
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineConnecticut Cultural Heritage Arts Program collections
DescriptionImage showing a detail view of the far right side of Victor Pacheco's mural on plywood that was on the side of a building on Park Street in Hartford in 2014. A woman holds planet Earth and the text reads: “¡¡ESTAMOS A LA ORILLA DEL MUNDO . . . . . . TRABAJAREMOS JUNTOS PARA SOBREVIVIR!!” (English translation: "We are at the edge of the world . . . . . . we will work together to survive”).
Object number2015.196.311.1
CopyrightIn Copyright
NotesBiographical Note: Victor Pacheco is a muralist, painter, and sculptor, as well as a lecturer in Visual Arts at the College of Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. "Victor Pacheco was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico and raised in Hartford, Connecticut. Victor attended the University of Hartford Art School in Hartford, Connecticut where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture. He worked several years for not-for profit organizations teaching youth in the greater Hartford area in Painting, Photography, Print Making, Video, Mural painting and design, as well as ceramics. Victor was awarded a Fellowship from the Connecticut Commission on the Arts and Tourism as well as a Citation from the State of Connecticut for his dedication to the arts and his community. His murals depicting Puerto Rican themes and images can be seen around Hartford, and some have been preserved after dismantling. He has received awards and fellowships in Art, including: The Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture Fellowship, Rhode Island School of Design Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts Challenge Grant and a grant from the Art Matters Foundation. Victor graduated from The Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island with a Master of Fine Arts in Sculpture. Victor Pacheco is currently living and working in Worcester, Massachusetts." (Biography Source: Artist's Website - https://www.vicpacheco.com/biography.html)As his website says, “Pacheco’s work is an introspection of identity formation. Multiple viewpoints of identity are engaged, including societal facts, environmental references, cultural identity and community relations. Methods of research include: archival data, informal interviewing, and observations of past and present environments. Analyzing information is part of the process leading to inform, repel or attract a viewer of art. He promotes viewer participation, involvement, and interaction in the creative process as crucial in shaping, organizing and addressing the realities and identities of Latino and African American communities. The work serves as a portal to discussion and communication about issues relating to the environment, health and culture.”
Additional audio, video, and/or photographic materials exist in the archive relating to this artist and this work.
Cataloging Note: This project was made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services MA-245929-OMS-20.
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