MIAMI (AP) — A brand new mural honoring Gloria and Emilio Estefan has been unveiled in Miami’s Little Havana.
Native artist Disem305 painted the enormous mural depicting the facility couple of Latin pop within the Eighties once they got here out with smash hits equivalent to “Conga” and “Rhythm is Gonna Get You.”
The art work was unveiled at a Saturday occasion, attended by metropolis officers and the couple’s son Nayib Estefan.
“My mother and father have all the time been this large to me, however it’s superb to see them preserved in considered one of their best moments within the 80s in Miami,” Nayib Estefan informed WTVJ.
The enormous mural is a part of a neighborhood effort by the Kcull Life Basis to companion up with native artists to enhance historic neighborhoods and protect Cuban American. A well known costume store on the Calle Ocho donated the wall.
The inspiration additionally not too long ago introduced one other mural to salsa artist Celia Cruz, who can be Cuban.