The murals of that period set a new course. Rather than creating art for the interiors of public buildings, as their New Deal-era predecessors did, the muralists of the '70s began to work outdoors more frequently and to create artwork having a much more political focus. The Mission District was the epicenter of the growing dedication to community-generated art. Titles in quotation marks are unofficial and are taken from Timothy W. Drescher's San Francisco Bay Area Murals.
All murals are Politec acrylic on concrete or stucco unless otherwise indicated.
Inspired by Diego Rivera's mural at the San Francisco Art Institute, this mural offers a series of Mission District scenes. Guerrero Street between 14th and 15th Streets. Humanidad, by Graciela Carrillo, and Mission Neighborhood Health Center, by Michael Rios, the two murals at the Mission Neighborhood Health Center, were both painted in 1976. San Francisco Community Law Collective was painted in 1977 by Michael Rios. Balmy Alley has a high concentration of the city's murals.