Mega Mexican Mural – Community RePaint

A group called the German Crew artists collective have created Mexico’s largest mural in the samll rundown neighbourhood of Las Palmitas, Palchuca.

The huge mural is part of a government-sponsored project called Pachuca Paints Itself. It aims to bring the community together and rehabilitate the Palmitas neighbourhood.

Irving Trejo from the artist collective German Crew, picks out a can of orange paint Irving Trejo paints a section of a mural Alfonso Santiago Reyes looks up at the newly-painted facade of his home Blueprints and photos are displayed in the German Crew's headquarters German Crew artist collective member Carlos Duarte paints a section of a gigantic mural The painters from the German Collective spent the last 14 months creating trust within the community, working with residents to paint their homes with bright, colourful designs