Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – Mayor Luis Alberto Michel Rodrรญguez recognized and awarded the winners of the SEAPAL Vallarta ‘TransformArte en Agua’ Urban Murals contest for their creativity and messages during last week’s World Water Day Gala.
The contest, in addition to strengthening the awareness of water care, beautifies and transforms the urban environment through the talent and vision of ten local artists and creators.
Prominent members of the Puerto Vallarta artistic community – Javier Niรฑo, Paola Cortรฉs Almanza, Jazmรญn Fabiola Torres and Josรฉ Luis Rรญos Muรฑoz – acted as the contest’s judges.
First place went to sisters Celia Dexire and Rosario Ayรณn Hernรกndez, with their โRecuerdos que Fluyenโ mural; Enrique Eduardo Rosas Sevilla obtained the second position with โAtlanchane Proveedora de Vidaโ, and Laura รlvarez Villegas, author of โMadre Naturalezaโ, came in third.
The winners were recognized with cash prizes to encourage their talent and creativity, as was stipulated in the contest’s prescripts.
The ten finalist projects already shine in full color in various spaces of our municipality, such is the case of the fences of SEAPAL Vallarta’s central offices, both on Francisco Villa Avenue and รvila Camacho street.
Other murals can be seen at the Technical High School 81, on Avenida Exiquio Corona; North Treatment Plant I of Las Mojoneras, on Avenida Mรฉxico; Pozo 4B Vallarta on Pavo Real street, as well as the 15 de Mayo Elementary School at the intersection of Uruguay and Colombia streets.
