(Radio Iowa) – Another colorful mural is being painted in Sioux City over the next week. This one will celebrate the community’s Hispanic cultures by portraying a local traditional Mexican dance troupe. Neighborhood services manager Jill Wanderscheid says the new mural on West Seventh Street is a way to build community pride in the neighborhood’s rich past. “It’s had such a long history of just being welcoming to new business owners and a lot of locally owned businesses on that street,” Wanderscheid says. “It’s been welcoming to different immigrants and those that are new to our country.”

The mural will depict the dancers from Ballet Folklorico Estrellas de Jalisco, a group of local Hispanic folk dancers. The artist, David Manzanares moved to the Midwest from Mexico and says he’s excited for the opportunity for immigrants like him to be celebrated in art. “You see many Hispanic population, we are here but we are maybe not at the front, you know?” Manzanares says, “so that’s a big part of also what the mural is, it’s bringing visibility to us.”

It’s the third mural painted in the corridor in the past year. It’s also the third in a series of public art investments to celebrate the street’s history of being home to diverse communities.

(reporting by Kendall Crawford, Iowa Public Radio)