The week prior to the unveiling there were all kinds of activities meant to engage the community. A play was performed, poetry was read and dances were performed. but most visual was the art show on the downtown mall. It was a week that not many Riversiders will soon forget because it culminated a collective effort to bring a statue of Cesar Chavez to downtown Riverside.
Art Show -Riverside the City of Arts and Innovation
This shows the sculptor with the clay model before it is cast.
This shows the sculptor with a clay model. One of the figures that is alongside the statue.
Dolores Huerta Cesar’s right hand person and herself an American Icon!
Although this shows his hand raised, Cesar Chavez was a peaceful and humble man who did not tolerate violence in the movement he led.
This picture gives a brief history of some of the highlights of this great American hero.
The outside of the gallery where the art show took place on the mall.
This shows the memorial area all covered up before the unveiling.
This was part of the art show and it gives a history of Cesar Chavez..truly an American hero
