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Scottsdale neighborhood of Penjamo, a
Yaqui Indian community between
Scottsdale and Hayden roads, just north
of McKellips Road.
Martinez, a contemporary artist who
lives in Brooklyn, recently returned to
Penjamo to direct and paint the mural for
an alleyway that serves as a gateway to
the Penjamo neighborhood and Scottsdale's Vista del Camino Community Cen¬
ter.
"This is a legacy to my people" said
Martinez, 47, whose work has been fea¬
tured in the Smithsonian's National Mu¬
seum of the American Indian in New
York. He painted "Sonoran Desert: Yaqui
Home," a 22-foot mural for the Heard
Museum.
Scottsdale artist Joan Baron, who
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with the city for several years on its pub- Environmental artist Joan Baron, the project manager, looks at an old photo used in the mural painted in an alleyway in the
lie art projects. Baron created the tile mo- Scottsdale neighborhood of Penjamo. The mural aims to discourage graffiti while honoring a Yaqui Indian community,
saic work on the mural, which is a narra¬
tive piece that presents various symbols
to depict the passage oftime for the Yaqui
The mural project was funded through
a grant from Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Go see this mural
people. . Indian Community gaming shared reveVisit the Vista del Camino Penjamo
Insidethecommunitycenterisacom- nue Community mural at the alley on Roosepanion mural that Martinez completed in
Martinez explained the mural's storyveit streel between Hayden and Mji|er
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Theprojocthasgivenaboostothear- out symbols, such as the turquo.se, white directly across from Vista del Camino
ea, providing an inviting path that many and red Yaqui flag with a cross, suns and Community Center, 7700 E. Roosevelt
neighbors previously avoided. moons. St
"The actual alley allows for children to "This is where we have been, were we
cross the street safely and serves as emer- came from and where we are now," Mar-
gency-vehicle access," said Kathy Breen, tinez said. "The talking tree predicted all these
Human Services Manger for the center. Toward the middle of the mural is the changes," Martinez said.
"People didn't feel safe with their kids Yaqui creation story of the talking tree The mural continues with the work
walking bv, so we wanted to make it a that is believed to have predicted the fu- the Yaauis did to comolete the Salt River
Danny Gallegos, the project's contract
administrator, views the mural that
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