Willie Herrón III (62) is a well-known artist and the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles’ official restorer. “He has been working with conservancy since 2012, bringing back some of the city’s Olympic gems from the edges of collective memory and into the windshield purviews of thousands on the Hollywood freeway…Commissioned in 1984, these murals are part of ten pieces created during the Olympic Arts Festival in commemoration of the city hosting the Summer Games. The effort was a milestone in the city’s art history, adding credibility to L.A.’s ‘mural capital of the world’ claim while burnishing sheen on the careers of muralists in the city.” Read more about his efforts here.
