Art can save your life | Mario Torero | TEDxDonovanCorrectional 2017

As an “artivist,” Mario Torero is most known over the last forty-five years for an extensive body of socially conscious mural work produced in different cities throughout the United States and around the world. In his talk, Mario explores the local history of Chicano Park and the importance of reclaiming personal power through the creative, healing act of story-telling through art. "I call myself an 'artivist,' passionately devoted to bringing color and socially conscious messages to the walls of communities, especially marginalized neighborhoods that are in dire need of self-expression. Through muralism, I see myself in service of the People, striving in bringing unity and healing through color, art and meaning."