Art teacher Diana Anderson and student Mico Salazar work on a 40-foot mural at Westminster High School in Westminster, CA, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Art teacher Daina Anderson invited Mexican artist Farid Rueda to work with her students on the week-long project. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mexican artist Farid Rueda, left, shows art teacher Diana Anderson his technique as they work on a 40-foot mural at Westminster High School in Westminster, CA, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Art teacher Daina Anderson invited Mexican artist Farid Rueda to work with her students on the week-long project. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mexican artist Farid Rueda works on a 40-foot mural at Westminster High School in Westminster, CA, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Art teacher Daina Anderson invited Mexican artist Farid Rueda to work with her students on the week-long project. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Mexican artist Farid Rueda, left, gives instruction to art student Jonathan Romero, as they work on a 40-foot mural at Westminster High School in Westminster, CA, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Art teacher Daina Anderson invited Mexican artist Farid Rueda to work with her students on the week-long project. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Art students work on a 40-foot mural at Westminster High School in Westminster, CA, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Art student Jacob Rangel works on a 40-foot mural at Westminster High School in Westminster, CA, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Art teacher Daina Anderson invited Mexican artist Farid Rueda to work with her students on the week-long project. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Art student Lizbeth Barron does some detail work on a 40-foot mural at Westminster High School in Westminster, CA, on Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Art teacher Daina Anderson invited Mexican artist Farid Rueda to work with her students on the week-long project. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Today, a seventh completed mural will be unveiled at Westminster High.
The 40-foot-long piece was a collaboration between art students and Mexican artist Farid Rueda, invited to campus by teacher Daina Anderson.
Through the years, Anderson has invited artists from Spain, South Korean and Canada, as well as more locally, to create with her students and help broaden their “understanding of humanity.”
The pandemic canceled visits the last two years, but this year Rueda was able to visit and spend the week painting with her 180 students.
Anderson said she raised $5,000 to bring the artist to the U.S. though a GoFundMe campaign and selling potato chips out of her classroom.
