Colima Summer 2012

Project Days

The Casa Comunal in Colima - site of the mural for 2012 as well as one of the plaza sites. 

Our mural wall. 

The first strokes of paint go on the wall.

Charlene working her magic on the pyramid, 

with Mayra and Amanda filling in details on the left.

Arriving in Colima

Almost immediately when we arrived in Colima, we got to work. 

Daisy is unpacking the solar lamps which will demarcate the plaza areas in Colima.

Jose exploring the cancha with the plaza/crosswalk teams. 

Esmeralda's new friends warning her about the 'tree that walks' at the corner of the soccer fields.

SFO-SAL

On July 20, 2012, at around 8 in the morning, fifteen hot and sweaty travelers packed into a tiny microbus headed from Comalapa airport in San Salvador to Colima, 46 1/2 km north of the capital:

Mayra Padilla - Amanda Eicher - Gelberg Rodriguez - Jason Boyce - Yasi Perera -

Jose Ramirez - Daisy Huizar - Susana Guzman - Esmeralda Frias - 

Jose Zepeda - Brian Molina - Leslie Cuellar - Charlene Cuellar - 

Vanessa Diaz - Xiomara Mendoza

Summer Internship

This summer's Colima Project team included students, artists, instructors, engineers, scientists, and, as always, residents of Colima, El Salvador. 

Our goal at the beginning of the summer was to target arts and STEM learning in an internship at Contra Costa College and to bring this expertise to Colima for four projects targeting arts and culture, engineering, and community design. 

In a partnership with Gelberg Rodriguez from Creegan + D'Angelo Engineers 

and Jose Ramirez of R + D Engineering along with Daisy Huizar and Susana Guzman, lead interns, eleven students completed alternatives analysis on plans for two main engineering projects in Colima: 

1) Crosswalks and safety improvements along the Carretera Troncal del Norte (the Northern spur of the Panamerican Highway) in the section running through Colima;

2) Plaza proposals for public space in Colima.

Meanwhile, lead artist Amanda Eicher, assisted by Yasi Perera, prepared ten public artworks in the form of laser-etched wooden doors for shipment, and worked with the group to project mural work in Colima.