Tony Ortega and Our School Mural

Our School Mural:  Tony Ortega will be coming to our school Jan. 9th to create a mural about the community at SMA!

The above image is an example of Tony Ortega’s previous mural work.  The theme of this mural will be the ways in which we come together as a community at SMA.  We gather for prayer and mass, to serve others in our community, to learn, to play sports and to socialize.  The mural will emphasize all of these aspects of our community while incorporating our Loretto Values: Faith, Community, Justice, and Respect.

Please keep checking this blog for updates about our mural!

Who is Tony Ortega?

Tony Ortega was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  He currently lives in Denver and teaches painting at Regis University.  He holds a BA and MFA in art from CU Boulder. Ortega’s work can be found in public and private collections including the Denver Art Museum, Los Angeles County Art Museum, Museo del Barrio in NYC, and the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Ortega’s focus as an artist is to show community, specificly the ways in which people come together as a group.

Ortega feels that there is a mystery or a story found in the relationship that a group of people can have to their surroundings.  For more examples of his artwork please visit the reource page.

You can check out Tony Ortega’s website here.