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by Paulina Núñez
New Mural at Marion's Fish Market
Stretching alongside the scenic seaport village waterfront , sits a local favorite seafood restaurant named Marion’s Fish market & restaurant .Serving fresh seafood and scenic views to go along with every meal . Undergoing a new project with partnership from La Chula Crew , Marion’s is getting a new mural representing the atmosphere and brand as well as capturing the essence of seaport village and the ocean wildlife.
Behind the fresh and flavorful seafood is Marion , she is the owner of the restaurant and head Bruan chef from Mexico City who has kept Marion’s doors open from late 1999 till today.
“I've always loved food. I've always loved making people happy , it's been quite a journey with ups and downs like everything, but I'm very proud of saying that it's been more than 20 years and we're still here” said Marion .
La Chula crew partners with Marion’s for the monthly support group by sharing the space to not only empower but unite one another through food and helpful conversations . Marion partnered with the La Chula crew to uplift the community through art and created a space for young artists to display their artwork .
“I wanted to be part of the community and give back , there's a lot of young adults that have a lot of talent and I think that Seaport Village is an important landmark which will give artists a lot of exposure. So it's a very nice way to show everybody what all our local kids from San Diego can do, “ said Marion .
The Artist
The artist behind this new project is Zeyna Acevedo, an emerging artist from Sweetwater high school , she is painting a 196” x 86” High of Sea life mural featured alongside the outside patio. Her creative focus was to highlight the sealife while incorporating Marion’s color palette with her own designs of fishes ,whales,turtles surfing on the waves .
“It's exciting ! kind of scary And It's fun” she said , “I've never gotten to do a project this big before I want inspire others as well to like, create something like this or even to get a job as an artist “
Avcevedo said “This is really good because it provides opportunities to people like me who want to volunteer to do something with art to be able to leave a little piece of their art somewhere in the community “.
The amazing artwork done by this talented artist is now currently finished and displayed at the restaurant.La Chula crew’s, CEO Chelsea Muñiz wanted to shine light on new emerging artists by cooperating hand by hand with Zeyna to create the mural .
