Macfarlane Park Mural

Macfarlane Park
1801 N. Lincoln Ave.
lLocated on the corner of N. MacDill Ave. and Lincoln Ave., just north of I-275
 

West Tampa artist team, Edgar Sanchez Cumbas and Guillermo Portieles, have been selected to create a mural at Macfarlane Park.  The mural, titled "Kaleidoscope: Heritage of Color" is being commissioned by the Public Art Program and will be unveiled in celebration of Arte, Tampa Bay's Festival of the Americas.

In their initial concept, artists Edgar Sanchez Cumbas and Guillermo Portieles wanted to represent the hard working individuals in West Tampa “who embraced a thriving a social and cultural community through its broad mix of nationalities and religions.”  From this concept and through much input from community leaders and historians, the mural “Kaleidoscope: a Heritage of Color” was created.  The mural features five influential figures in Tampa’s history.

Individuals depicted in the mural are (l-r):

Robert “Bob” Saunders, civil rights activist, NAACP director (Florida) late ‘50s – mid ‘60s

Luisa Capetillo, women’s rights activist in early 1900s

José Martí. Leader of Cuban independence from Spain, poet, writer, late 1800s

Hugh Macfarlane, Scottish immigrant & attorney – founded West Tampa in 1892

Fernando Figueredo, first Mayor of West Tampa, 1895