Bright monarch butterflies surround five faces of immigrants painted on a mural overlooking the Home Depot Backyard at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.
Yehimi Cambrón Álvarez, the mural artist, looked up at one of the faces– it is molded after her father, inspired by a photo she took of him while she was a student at Agnes Scott College. The painted face stares back at her, showing a calm, solemn look.
“It’s important for me to allow the people in my murals to decide how they want to be depicted,” she said.
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