MIAMI (AP):
A new mural honouring Gloria and Emilio Estefan has been unveiled in Miami’s Small Havana.
Area artist Disem305 painted the huge mural depicting the electric power couple of Latin pop in the 1980s when they arrived out with smash hits these types of as Conga and Rhythm is Gonna Get You.
The artwork was unveiled at a Saturday party, attended by city officials and the couple’s son, Nayib Estefan.
“My mothers and fathers have always been this huge to me, but it’s astounding to see them preserved in 1 of their best moments in the ‘80s in Miami,” Nayib Estefan explained to WTVJ.
The giant mural is aspect of a neighborhood work by the Kcull Life Foundation to associate up with local artists to strengthen historic neighbourhoods and preserve Cuban-American artwork/heritage. A nicely-acknowledged costume store on the Calle Ocho donated the wall.
The basis also not too long ago presented yet another mural to salsa artiste Celia Cruz, who is also Cuban.