Promoting The Arts

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Collaboration between artists in both cities started with Mb Hanrahan (Ventura)
and Lizette Inzunza (Loreto), including the design and painting of murals in Loreto.

MB traveled to Loreto in March of 2025, and, working with Lizette and students from Loreto, finished a Mural in Loreto . It looks BEAUTIFUL!! Check out all the photos on the Facebook links above (for MB and Lizette)

VENTURA ART WALK 2025 was a Success!

Thank you to all who visited our booth!!

We showed artwork from the artists below as we work to build

connections between Ventura and Loreto and the arts!

Lizette Richard Luz

Information coming soon about how you can purchase from a

limited selection of amazing art!!!!

Three people smiling outdoors, one woman and two men, holding a framed colorful painting of a door with pink flowering plants and a potted plant, at an art event or outdoor market.
Four people standing outdoors with a blue Ventura Sister Cities banner overhead, surrounded by trees and colorful flowers.
A mural with blue waves and a whale, featuring the quote "Loreto es magia" and text thanking the Casa de la Cultura, the Association of Sister Cities Ventura, and the Ventura County Arts Office.

Loreto is magic!

March of 2025 Mb flew down to Loreto to work with local artist - Lizette Inzunza to complete a Mural and they are now making plans for a similar mural in Ventura

Colorful mural of a map of La Venturita neighborhood in Loreto, Mexico, with signs pointing to Loreto, Las Islas, and Balle Nas, surrounded by marine life, sea creatures, and a whale.
An artist painting a colorful mural of a whale and ocean scene on a beige wall, standing on a ladder with a hat and plaid shirt.
Group of five people smiling at an outdoor event, with two women and three men, standing together in a garden area.
Two women standing behind a table displaying colorful children's artwork, with one woman wearing a starfish necklace and the other with dreadlocks and sunglasses, smiling.
People of various ages painting a colorful mural of a blue whale and underwater scene on a beige wall.
Wall mural of a whale painted on a beige wall outside a building with the sign 'Casa de la Cultura Loreto B.C.S.' in blue letters. A black car is parked in front of the mural.

Loreto trip 2024 with Lizette Inzunza (artist), Fr. Tom Elewaut, Mayor Paz Ochoa, Barbara Post, Carl Morehouse.(From left to right)

The Ventura Sister City Committee gave Lizette the money from her art work that was sold at the 2024 Ventura Art Walk

The finished mural!

Artistic connections between Sister Cities - Ventura, USA and Loreto Mexico. We look forward to continuing our support and building on our many connection between these two amazing cities!