"Laura Peniche" Mural of a Colorado Immigrant Rights Leader by Edica Pacha

Laura Peniche, premium canvas printing, 40’’ x 60’’. Picture created by Edica Pacha using her “layered in camera” photographic style, 2022.

Mural on view at the Dairy Arts Center's McMahon Gallery May 10, 2024 - July 14, 2024 as part of Motus Theater's "UndocuAmerica: Reclaiming Our Presence" Exhibition. More info here: https://bit.ly/3Uxr0s1

In 2022, muralist Edica Pacha installed 12 murals in Colorado featuring 10 different Motus Theater UndocuAmerica project monologists with DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals). Each mural was accompanied by a QR code linking directly to a video of the monologist sharing their story in English or Spanish. Some murals were the target of vandalism fueled by anti-immigrant sentiment.

This “Reclaiming Our Presence” exhibit is an empowering and healing response in which the undocumented community can feel their stories and lives uplifted in the face of erasure and aggression. It affirms community power with the message that, when community members get hurt, we have the opportunity and the responsibility to coalesce, heal, and come back stronger.

Each mural was made into a postcard with a QR code linking to the monologist’s story so that you can be part of this healing response and share stories of our undocumented neighbors with your family, friends, and neighbors! Find the postcards and mailbox on the corner table in the gallery.