"San Jose artist Danny Feliz Hanson has been creating art since she was a kid, but her work will soon be seen on a scale that kids even creative ones can only imagine. Her new colorful street mural, Romance, will be unveiled Friday night on Post Street in the heart of the San Jose's LGBTQ-centered Qmunity District in fantastic fashion."
"Already this is a dream come true, said Hanson, 25, who is also on the board of community gallery Works/San Jose. This is the coolest thing I've ever done. Romance features a dancing pair of unicorns mythical beasts that Hanson says she loves to draw surrounded by swirling colors. As a queer artist, Hanson said she wanted to incorporate a lot of rainbow colors into the design, which nonetheless went through a few iterations before she got the green light to proceed."
Danny Feliz Hanson, 25, created a 416-foot street mural titled Romance on Post Street in San Jose's Qmunity District. The mural features a dancing pair of unicorns surrounded by swirling rainbow colors reflecting Hanson's queer identity. Bay Area aerialist Drago Nesa, who describes themself as a nonbinary dragon, will perform at the unveiling. Volunteers and organizations including Curatus, the San Jose Downtown Association, the Qmunity District, the Children's Discovery Museum, the downtown PBID and the City of San Jose contributed to the painting. Post Street was permanently closed in February to enable the work. The 6 p.m. reveal unofficially starts Silicon Valley Pride weekend and precedes an 8 p.m. kickoff with drag performers, tie-dye, dancers, games and DJ music.
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