Video transcript: Chase Sapphire - Silvia Lopez Chavez

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Sapphire Lounge By The Club logo.

Silvia:

My name is Silvia López Chavez. I'm a visual artist based in Boston.

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Silvia Lopez Chavez Artist/muralist based in Boston, MA Featured artist in Sapphire Lounge by The Club

Silvia:

As an immigrant woman from Dominican Republic living in Boston, I bring all of me from my upbringing back in the island. You grow up with such a rich culture with music, color everywhere in your everyday life. It's something that comes with you. I love being able to understand the context of a place, understand the history, but also the people who are there now, who lives there, who works there. I think the city of Boston is made up with this beautiful fabric of people, various cultures of various backgrounds.

Silvia:

I’m excited to provide a piece of art that represents Boston to visitors at the Chase Sapphire Lounge by The Club. There's 23 official neighborhoods within the city, and each of the neighborhoods is represented by a different kind of pattern within the design.

Silvia:

I wanted to be able to showcase that story instead of what is usually told of what Boston looks like. Boston looks like me. Boston looks like so many other people. I think about how important it is for me as an artist to be able to represent and have others look at me as like "wow, I could do that too."

Silvia:

The idea that my artwork on a luggage tag can be taken to places all over the world. I love that. I love the fact that they can roll around and be reminded of a place that is very close to my heart, which is the city of Boston.

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Sapphire Lounge By The Club logo.