#goodwithfaces

María Guadalupe Villalobos Vélez (1908–1944) began her career in Mexican vaudeville. Moving to the United States “Lupe” made her first film appearance in 1927 and eventually appeared with such stars as Gary Cooper and Jimmy Durante. Nicknamed “The Mexican Spitfire” her personal life was as colorful as her on-screen persona and at only 36 she took her own life, three months after discovering she was pregnant. In 2014 artist Kevin Bate memorialized Vélez at McCallie and Greenwood Avenues in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The work is part of the McCallie Walls Project curated by Bate and transforming the neighborhood into a drive-through gallery.  @goodwithfaces​  

A few years ago Chattanooga’s Highland Park neighborhood artist and resident Kevin Bate looked around him, looked at the impact art was having in other communities across the country, and decided to take action. Along McCallie Avenue, with initial support from the MakeWork Foundation, he founded the McCallie Walls Project and turned the corridor into a drive-through gallery. In addition to offering paid mural opportunities for local artists it quickly provided an occasion for community pride and participation.... Beginning her career as an illustrator and graphic designer Anna Carll began studying privately with the late Ouida Canaday and a few years later left her commercial practice and devoted herself full-time to painting. 17 years after landing her first gallery representation Carll painted her first mural in 2014—inspired by a T.S. Eliot quote about wisdom and humility—as part of the first phase of McCallie Walls.  @annacarllart  @goodwithfaces​