Community Murals 2009-2021
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“Rescue, Rehab, Release” ©2019 Ellen Silva commissioned by Precita Eyes Muralists
Design/Directed by: Ellen Silva
Painted by: Ellen Silva with Private Ocean and volunteers
Size: 114' x 7.4'
Materials: Acrylic on Concrete
Location: 2000 Bunker Rd., Fort Cronkite, Sausalito CA
Funded by: Private Ocean
Design/Directed by: Ellen Silva
Painted by: Ellen Silva with Private Ocean and volunteers
Size: 114' x 7.4'
Materials: Acrylic on Concrete
Location: 2000 Bunker Rd., Fort Cronkite, Sausalito CA
Funded by: Private Ocean
Community Spirit ©2021 Ellen Silva commissioned by Precita Eyes Muralists
Designed/Directed by: Ellen Silva in collaboration with 20 faculty & staff members Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary School, Daly City
Size: 18’6” wide x 8’ high acrylic on cinder block
Location: Tobias Elementary School, 725 Price Street, Daly City, CA 94014
Designed/Directed by: Ellen Silva in collaboration with 20 faculty & staff members Marjorie H. Tobias Elementary School, Daly City
Size: 18’6” wide x 8’ high acrylic on cinder block
Location: Tobias Elementary School, 725 Price Street, Daly City, CA 94014
“DRIVE SAFELY–Conduzca Con Ciudado” ©2019 Ellen Silva
Size: 30' x 4', acrylic on MDO Board
Directed by: Ellen Silva and Carlene Foldenaur (Safe Routes to Schools) with 4th and 5th grade students from Cunha Elementary School, Half Moon Bay/Boys & Girls Club Coastside
Location: Hwy 1 /Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay
Size: 30' x 4', acrylic on MDO Board
Directed by: Ellen Silva and Carlene Foldenaur (Safe Routes to Schools) with 4th and 5th grade students from Cunha Elementary School, Half Moon Bay/Boys & Girls Club Coastside
Location: Hwy 1 /Kelly Avenue, Half Moon Bay
Vivir, trabajar y jugar En un Ambiente Saludable - ©2019 Ellen Silva
size: 10' x 4', acrylic on tyvek
directed by: Ellen Silva with ALAS families (Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, A Latino Cultural Arts and SocialServices Program)
funding by: City of Half Moon Bay
size: 10' x 4', acrylic on tyvek
directed by: Ellen Silva with ALAS families (Ayudando Latinos A Soñar, A Latino Cultural Arts and SocialServices Program)
funding by: City of Half Moon Bay
“Many Cultures, one CommUNITY” ©2017 Ellen Silva
Size: 16' x 4', acrylic on MDO Board
Directed by: Ellen Silva with Half Moon Bay Community
Location: ALAS, Latino Cultural Arts and Social Center, Half Moon Bay
Size: 16' x 4', acrylic on MDO Board
Directed by: Ellen Silva with Half Moon Bay Community
Location: ALAS, Latino Cultural Arts and Social Center, Half Moon Bay
"We As Sisters Shine Together” ©2012 Ellen Silva
Size/Medium: 4' x 8', acrylic on MDO board
Directed by: Ellen Silva with HIV Positive Clients
Location: W.O.R.L.D. (Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Illness), Oakland, CA
Size/Medium: 4' x 8', acrylic on MDO board
Directed by: Ellen Silva with HIV Positive Clients
Location: W.O.R.L.D. (Women Organized to Respond to Life-Threatening Illness), Oakland, CA
"Half Moon Bay-Our Community” ©2012 Ellen Silva
Size/Medium: 4' x 8', acrylic on MDO board
Directed by: Ellen Silva with adult artists in Half Moon Bay Recreation Mural Class
Location: Half Moon Bay, CA
Size/Medium: 4' x 8', acrylic on MDO board
Directed by: Ellen Silva with adult artists in Half Moon Bay Recreation Mural Class
Location: Half Moon Bay, CA
"Love Everlasting” ©2012 Ellen Silva
Size/Medium: 4' x 16', acrylic on MDO board
Directed by: Ellen Silva with surviving families and friends of Milanca and her son, Javier
Location: University Village, Albany, CA
Size/Medium: 4' x 16', acrylic on MDO board
Directed by: Ellen Silva with surviving families and friends of Milanca and her son, Javier
Location: University Village, Albany, CA
"Field of Dreams" ©2012 Ellen Silva
6’ x 4’ acrylic on MDO board
Design/Direction: Ellen Silva with HMB for Little League National P.A.L. Mentoring Day Educational Project/Smith Field Dedication,with Half Moon Bay Recreation Dept.
Location: Smith Field Dedication, Half Moon Bay
6’ x 4’ acrylic on MDO board
Design/Direction: Ellen Silva with HMB for Little League National P.A.L. Mentoring Day Educational Project/Smith Field Dedication,with Half Moon Bay Recreation Dept.
Location: Smith Field Dedication, Half Moon Bay
“Nueva Esperanza de Vivir" (A New Hope for Living) - ©2011 Ellen Silva
Size: 16' x 4', acrylic on MDO board
Directed by: Ellen Silva and Belinda Arriaga
Location: Golden Gate Fields, Albany, CA
Size: 16' x 4', acrylic on MDO board
Directed by: Ellen Silva and Belinda Arriaga
Location: Golden Gate Fields, Albany, CA
"It's a Small World" ©2010 Ellen Silva
Size: 16' x 4', acrylic on MDO board
Directed by: Ellen Silva and Belinda Arriaga with 9 families from Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Indoniesia, Korea, Mexico, and Nicaragua
Location: University Village, UC Berkeley campus in Albany, CA
Size: 16' x 4', acrylic on MDO board
Directed by: Ellen Silva and Belinda Arriaga with 9 families from Bangladesh, Egypt, India, Indoniesia, Korea, Mexico, and Nicaragua
Location: University Village, UC Berkeley campus in Albany, CA