Sundays with Frank Romero at MOLAA

The Museum of Latin American Art will host artist Frank Romero in the gallery restoring his Pleasantville mural.

Chairs will be in the gallery and museum goers can talk to him and watch him painting and restoring the mural.

Pleasantville, the acclaimed creation of Chicano artist, Frank Romero. The unique and large mural (329 ½ x 136 x 10 inches), was created for the 1998 Academy Award nominated film Pleasantville, starring Jenny Lewis, Tobey McGuire, Paul Walker, Jeffery Daniels and Reese Witherspoon. The movie was written and directed by Gary Ross, with an original score by Randy Newman.

In the black and white movie, the introduction of Romero’s mural, with its vibrant colors and images ties the themes of the film and musical composition into an artistic highlight.

MOLAA, in collaboration with the Artist and his studio, will publicly conserve the artwork throughout the first half of 2025. By inviting the public to witness the artistic conservation process, MOLAA hopes to demonstrate and share the importance of artwork conservation and the role community plays in the patrimony of local institutions.