b'CASE STUDY ontheexteriorwalls oftheAlbuquerque ConventionCenter. Thisyear,thepro-gramreturnedtothe ConventionCenter with a mural of migrat-ing Monarch butterfl ies that weaves words and imagery into a graceful swirlofcolor,shapes, and meaning along the East wall. ALMA(whichmeans soulinSpanish) isnowoperatedbya(l. to r.) Margarita Paz-Pedro, Tori Lucero and Atom Vigil handfulofleadartistswork on the mural installation in July.andthreeco-directors: CassandraReid(lotu-stileworks.com),Executive Director;VanessaAlvarado (blubirdtileart.com),OutreachTile was designed to Director;andMargaritaPaz- use the nega-Pedro(paz-pedro.com),tive space of Operations Director. Alvaradothe concrete and wrap the tooktheleadonthisprojectcontours of the withexpertconsultationbywalls.Reid;Paz-Pedrohandledthe installation. Paz-Pedro toured me through the jobsite one warm day in mid-July.ShehasaBFAinCeramics fromtheUniversityofColorado at Boulder, holds a Masters in Art Education from UNM, teaches full-timehighschoolartandceram-icsatLa AcademiadeEsperanza charterschoolinAlbuquerques SouthValley,anddoesherown tile mosaics and functional wheel-thrown potteryall while helpingGlazing the butterfl ies.90 TileLetter | September 2020'