Nicaragua
1982-85
The Nicaraguan Revolution inspired artists around the world. The Sandinistas’ stubborn resistance in the face of growing United States–sponsored military intervention was courageous. Artists like Alewitz came to learn and to teach, to contribute their talents to reinventing a visual culture for Nicaragua.
Two Sandinos/ Leon, Nicaragua. Project with Arts for a New Nicaragua, Centers for Popular Culture (CPC) and Frente Sandinista de Liberación Nacional (FSLN) 1985.
Also mural at Leon FSLN Office. Billboard painted with Asociacion de Mujeres Nicaragüenses (AMLAE) women’s organization.
Monument to Ben Linder/ Esteli, Nicaragua –NICA School / 1989
Che Comandante/ Esteli, Nicaragua –Sandinista Youth Building/ Sponsored by the Juventud Sandinista (JS19) 1989
Mother Earth/ Managua, Nicaragua – Children’s Hospital –Sponsored by the Asociación Sandinista de Trabajadores de Cultura (ASTC) and Ventana (NY artists group) 1989
Revolutionary Nicaragua By Paul Buhle
From Insurgent Images: The Agitprop Murals of Mike Alewitz (2002)
