Beyond the music, San Jose Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival will exhibit Covarrubias' Paciic murals

The San Jose Mariachi and Mexican Heritage Festival is much more than a music festival. Among the attractions at its 18th annual festival is an important art opening of "The Lost Murals of Miguel Covarrubias," on Tuesday, September 22 at the San Jose City Hall.

These are four of the five murals known as The Pageant of the Pacific that hung at the San Francisco Ferry Building from many years after having been created for a 1939 exposition in the city. Since the Ferry Building was renovated almost 10 years ago, the murals have been restored and exhibited in Mexico, but have not been displayed in the United States. The fifth mural is exhibited locally, on extended loan to the deYoung Museum in San Francisco.

“To have the Lost Murals of Miguel Covarrubias here in San José is very exciting,” said Alida Bray, President and CEO of History San José. “These pieces of art, by a very important Mexican artist, have huge historical significance to the entire region of the Bay Area.”

The exhibit opening is one of a week-long series of activities honoring Mexican-American music and heritage.

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