Pa*Lante
“Pa*Lante,” a new mural conceived by street artist Rixy, embodies the collective empowerment of feminism through the representation of a Latinx woman and her canine sidekick. This colorful and vibrant piece reflects the powerful ways women of color are moving forward and the honest journeys they navigate, including combating Latin machismo. Furthermore, Rixy’s storyworld mirrors the onward gaze of breaking through the intoxication of social injustice, inner chainlinks, and machismo control, into power and tranquility. The mural lies at the intersection of several generational cultures and timelines.
The mural is sited in Roxbury, where she grew up near Centre Street and Columbus Ave, as an ode to the neighborhood’s racially and socioeconomically diverse cultures. She hopes that the accessibility of mural art will remind us that all voices deserve to be spotlighted, and she especially wants women to see the piece as a reflection of themselves.
Visit: Located at 301 Highland Avenue in Roxbury’s Fort Hill.
Timeline: This project was completed on Wednesday, October 12, 2022 and is still on view.
Check out Rixy’s Q&A with N+T team member Jasper Sanchez, with an introduction by Communications Assistant Blu on the N+T Journal.
Rixy (b.1995) is from Roxbury, Massachusetts, and is first-generation Latinx womxn with blood from Honduran Garifuna and Dominican Caribeñe lands. Primarily community and self-taught, she received her BA from UMass Boston in 2019, for a sculptural concentration in material, sensual, + spatial awareness. As an interdisciplinary street artist, she reinterprets narratives of feminine exuberance, within her fluorescent and inclusive storyworld of Cúcala. These illustrated scenes are most translated through her Muralism, Studio-Mixed Assemblages, and Activations. They've been exhibited on street-wide and institutional spaces from her base in New England to Latin America, with continuous outreach beyond her homes. Recently, she attended TheCreateWell’s Converging Liberations Residency at Mass MoCA, painted as a WorldwideWalls: Worcester Golden Year Muralist, was a Ruth Butler Travel Fellow in 2019. She is currently an Artist-in-Residence with Elevated Thought, and to be continued…