Faces adorn the soaring block walls of Zarco Guerrero’s Mesa studio. The lovingly handcrafted masks, many painted in bright colors and others sporting jewelry and headdresses, appear almost lifelike.
A full-body sculpture of Mexican-American farmworker-activist Cesar Chavez holds down one corner, while a nearly 10-foot-tall work in progress dominates the far wall. It's the life-size model for a sculpture that will be placed at Baseline Road and Central Avenue, at the extension of the light rail