In January, the City of Las Vegas and the West Las Vegas Arts Center unveiled several new murals within view of the Historic Westside’s Kianga Isoke Palacio Park. One of them, Iandry Randriamandroso’s “I Rise,” stands out with its distinctive graphic style, bold color and use of American Sign Language (ASL). “I chose ‘I Rise’ as a title [because] that is the collective spirit of the Historic Westside,” Randriamandroso explains on his Instagram page (@iandryrex). He notes that the 16 ASL characters in the piece, spelling out the name of the neighborhood, are modeled by “Historic Westside community members with different backgrounds,” adding, “Hands can represent past, present and tools to shape the future.” Randriamandroso’s striking work could inspire many to put their own hands into the work of keeping Historic Westside on the rise.

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