Editor's note: This story is part of a series of stories to mark Hispanic Heritage Month, which runs Sept. 15-Oct. 15.
Above: Students pass by the Hispanic Heritage Month mural on ASU's West campus on Sept. 30. The theme of the fourth annual Hispanic Heritage Month mural is South America’s cultural heritage represented with icons as well as visual elements for each of the countries.
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Phoenix College students Erica Guerrero (foreground) and Angela Carrillo help paint the Hispanic Heritage Month mural on ASU's West campus on Oct. 1. Guerrero is a junior studying dental hygiene, and Carrillo is a graphic arts freshman.
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Artist and ASU faculty member Hugo Medina gives instructions to a new group of students as they start working on the Hispanic Heritage Month mural. The 18- by 10-foot mural was designed by artist Anthony Galto, who worked with Medina on the piece. Galto then showed it to students who made suggestions that were incorporated into the final design, such as adding soccer and the arts.
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Students have all the brushes they need to help paint the Hispanic Heritage Month mural on ASU's West campus on Oct. 1.
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A student paints a sharp line between colors of the Hispanic Heritage Month mural on Oct. 1. This mural will remain on display at ASU's West campus.
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Artist Hugo Medina (on ladder) uses spray paint while students use brushes on the Hispanic Heritage Month mural Oct. 1. The artists use a combination of outdoor water-based latex house paint, acrylic and spray paints.
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Many of the students working on the mural are from ASU's Intro to Interdisciplinary Arts class, along with three students from Phoenix College.
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Intro to Interdisciplinary Arts students (from left) Sean Dycaico, Jazzmine Mendez and Jessica Jaime, wait their turn to help paint the Hispanic Heritage Month mural on Oct. 1. Dycaico is a freshman in forensics, Mendez is a freshman in health education and promotion, and Jaime is a senior in life sciences.
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More than a dozen students work together to paint this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month mural on ASU's West campus on Oct. 1. ASU faculty associate Hugo Medina and designer Anthony Galto, both part of Phoenix's Calle 16 art movement, guide around 20 artists at a time on the four-day project that was completed Oct. 1.
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