In 1994, the mural “Maestrapeace” was painted on both facades of the San Francisco Women’s Building. The mural commemorated the paying off of the mortgage, which took fifteen years. The north and east façades of The Women’s Building are covered by a mural titled Maestrapeace. The painting was completed in 1994 by a group of prominent Bay Area muralists comprised of Juana Alicia, Miranda Bergman, Edythe Boone, Susan Kelk Cervantes, Meera Desai, Yvonne Littleton, and Irene Perez. Maestrapeace illustrates the contributions of women across time and around the globe and is notable for its size and richly vibrant color. Four two-story heads representing mythic female ancestors of Native American and African origin (north façade) and Asian and European origin (east façade) frame the building, gazing at each other from the southwest, northwest, and northeast corners. The shaped parapets atop the north and east walls hold additional over-scale figures, the north side features a pregnant goddess, and the east side holds a portrait of 1993 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Rigoberta Menchu.
