SISTINE CHAPEL CEILING RE-CREATION STREET PAINTING AT FESTIVAL BELLA VIA
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - October, 2007
Invited Madonnari:
Anthony Cappetto
Cuong Nguyen
Genna Panzarella
Tomoteru Saito
Jay Schwartz
Tracy Lee Stum (lead artist)
Wendy Stum (architecture)
Rod Tryon
Joel Yau
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Art for After Hours was honored to send a team of world class Madonnari (street painting artists) to re-create Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling as a street painting at Festival Bella Via, participating in the Universal Forum of Cultures Monterrey 2007 in Monterrey, Mexico, in October.
Coordinating artist Tracy Lee Stum (US) led a team of world class Madonnari including Anthony Cappetto (US), Cuong Nguyen (US), Genna Panzarella (US), Tomoteru Saito (Japan), Jay Schwartz (US), Rod Tryon (US), and Joel Yau (US). These Maestro Madonari worked side by side with 8 Mexican Madonari including Margarita Botello, Marina Escamilla, Cristina Flores, Salome Fuentes, Carlos Garcia, Enrique Lupercio, Bernardo Ramonfaur and Miguel Solis to produce this beautiful artwork in front of the Governor's Palace on the Explanada de los Heroes. Wendy Stum and student artsists helped out as needed, working on architectural elements of the street painting.
The finished street painting took 6 days to complete, was approximately 16 meters by 6 meters, and included 33 panels with over 300 figures.
Special thanks to the Festival Bella Via staff and everyone involved in this project!
Photos by Wendy Stum unless otherwise noted.
'The Punishment of Haman' pendantive (corner section) by Cuong Nguyen.
Overhead view of the Sistine Chapel ceiling street painting at Festival Bella Via 2007. Standing beside the street painting are street painters from the US, Japan, and Mexico, including student artists, and festival organizers.
Photo by Erick Estrada, courtesy of Festival Bella Via.
'Judith and Holofernes' pendantive (corner section) by Rod Tryon.
Beatriz Gaujardo
Emanuel Jomenez
Daniel Lopez
Alejandro Lozano
Alan Martin
Abiel Mascarenas
Brenda Pena
Ana Puente
Raphael Puente
Gabriel Ramirez
Alejandro Salazar
Maria Luisa Sanchez
Idalia Alain Wolniemits
Martha de Zamacona
Lidia Zamora
Student Artists (architecture):
Melissa Adame
Lucia Anaya
Alejandro Assam
Anel Rogelio Avagon
Mercedes Cardenas
Fernando Carvajal
Emmy de Leon
Jose Diaz
Ana Erana
Victoria Garcia
Miriam Garcia
Ovidio Garcia
Roberto Garza
Gerardo Gonzalez
Paulina Gonzalez
Mexican Madonnari:
Margarita Botello
Marina Escamilla
Cristina Flores
Salome Fuentes
Carlos Garcia
Enrique Lupercio
Bernardo Ramonfaur
Miguel Solis
Sistine Chapel ceiling street painting at Fetival Bella Via 2007 in Monterrey, Mexico. View of the 'Prophet Zechariah' in middle bottom by street painter Anthony Cappetto.
Sistine Chapel ceiling street painting at Fetival Bella Via 2007 in Monterrey, Mexico. View of the 'Prophet Jonah' in the middle bottom by street painter Genna Panzarella.
'David and Goliath' pendantive by Anthony Cappetto.
'The Brazen Serpent' pendantive by Genna Panzarella.
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