Arroyo Grande Mural
The Arroyo Grande History Mural was the very first public art project that took place in Arroyo Grande. It was created in 2014, with the production lasting about 2 full months before it was complete and it was created by Collean Mitchell -Veyna. The mural depicts the agricultural history of Arroyo Grande, by showing images of farm workers, trains, and fields.
Photo shows Kaz Ikeda holding up cabbages.
The mural shows the early days of plowing and working to harvest vegetables, with an interesting three-dimensional shape to the entire painting. This painting is significant to not only Arroyo Grande and the early farm workers, but also because many of the early farm workers in Arroyo Grande were Japanese American. Towards the far right side of the mural, Vard Ikeda is shown holding up cabbages, demonstrating the significance that Japanese Americans had towards the farming effort. This mural allows for not only the history of Arroyo Grande’s farming to be symbolized as a whole, but to specifically point out the fact that Japanese Americans were a huge part of that effort.
