A new mural was unveiled today at San Diego International Airport (SAN), inspired by the city\u2019s historic contributions to aeronautics and created with the help of local students.
\nThe 60-foot-long mural, titled\u00a0On The Map, features vintage San Diego aviation pioneers on a map-like design. It is the second of a three-mural commission by Jari “WERC” Alvarez, a former San Diegan and well-known painter and graffiti artist.
\nOn The Map\u00a0is located on the Harbor Drive-facing wall of the former Commuter Terminal, now the Airport Authority Administration building. In his commitment to the spirit of public art, WERC created On the Map utilizing\u00a0input\u00a0from both the community and the Teen Art Group of the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
\nThe new mural reflects the important contributions of female aviators and engineers to the field and references aviation legends like Glenn Curtiss and Lincoln Beachey. It also pays tribute to Consolidated Aircraft Corporation\/Convair by depicting the iconic saw-tooth roofline of its original building on Pacific Highway. His goal, WERC has said, is to capture “man\u2019s and machine\u2019s power reaching beyond what\u2019s possible.”
\nThe mural is scheduled to remain on display through 2022.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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