There’s a new Mission mural on 24th and Mission Street. The front entrance of San Francisco’s Dance Mission Theater, an artist-driven nonprofit with a focus on social justice, is now adorned with a woman wearing a crown of vibrant flowers.
“I wanted something that fits with the Mission,” said Christopher Burch, an artist that has been living in San Francisco’s Mission District for more than five years. “I think flowers are something that people connect with … it crosses cultures and understandings.”
Burch has been painting murals for more than 13 years, but this is his first mural in the neighborhood. Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Burch graduated from the San Francisco Art Institute in 2008 with an MFA in painting and worked at the Revolution Cafe in 2009. “I feel very comfortable in this place,” said Burch. “It’s nice that I get to make my mark and add some beauty to the Mission, because it’s been very formative to who I am as a person.”
The mural took about three months to create from the initial design to finally painting it on the building’s wall. Burch added the final touches on Friday, April 12. “The Mission has an amazing history of great artists,” said Burch. “I wanted to pay homage to that legacy and to do something that was within that quality of work. Make something vibrant that people can appreciate.”
