A Powerful Mural

Excerpt from the CSUSM NewsCenter:

Staircases by their very nature are passageways. But one stairwell at Cal State San Marcos is causing passersby to pause. Spanning across two floors in the architectural center stairwell of Kellogg Library is a mural titled “In This Classroom, There Are No Walls.”

The public art piece was created by first-generation Colombian-American muralist Jessica Sabogal, who after earning her degree in political science turned to art as a medium to promote social change, action and empowerment. Sabogal’s work is seen worldwide, many several stories tall on the side of urban buildings. In 2011, she was the first female artist commissioned to paint murals at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park.