MASPAZ: WE ALL BELONG
/We All Belong, 2025
by MasPaz
Coming to the Art and Design Building this Summer!
Murals at Mason is proud to commission a tapestry mural from School of Art alumnus (‘05), Federico “MasPaz” Frum that conveys interconnectedness and reciprocity between humans, animals, and the natural world. The group of people represent the global origins of the Mason student community. They are embracing each other and are surrounded by a variety of patterns that reference animals, plants, and symbols of learning and creativity.
Animal elements include: Dove, bear paw and human footprint, fox, snail, lion, turtle, hummingbird, butterfly, salmon.
Natural elements include: Sky, sun, moon, cloud, wind, sea, fire, rainbow, corn, Baobab tree.
Artist Statement
Friends and neighbors. Together we all sit. Birds and bees. Trees and leaves. With smiles through the eyes from the heart, we feel safe. Como estar en la casa. Like being home. The world is our home. We talk story, as newborns talk to their families.
Salmons swim, careful to not be caught by Fox Woman. Grandma walks home from the library, carrying her favorite books. She shares her stories with the community center for unhoused folks every Thursday. In the evenings she cares for her granddaughter, while the parents take night class and work cleaning offices from 5-11pm. It’s tiring work. Uncle sits under the red bud watching the colors of the sky painted with butterfly dust. Over the corn fields around the sun she flies.
The kindest couple cradle their 6 month old son. They offer him abundant love and care. They adopted him from an orphanage called the House of the Mother. Beside their house grows the Baobab, one of the largest trees in the world.
About the Artist
MasPaz (Federico Frum), an alumnus of Mason’s School of Art, is a Colombian-born multidisciplinary artist, based in Washington DC. He is known for his distinctive street murals that explore topics of earth preservation and indigenous peoples. He recently created the Art of the Skateboard, a series of stamps for the U.S. Postal Service. Mas Paz means 'more peace' in Spanish, a message he strives to embrace through art and philanthropy.
He has been featured on ABC News, Telemundo and The Washington Post, among others. He has collaborated with brands such as Nike, National Geographic, Roots, Sierra Club, and Brooks Running, as well as institutions such as the Smithsonian Institution, the National Portrait Gallery, the National Gallery of Art, the New Museum, the Corcoran, the Freer and Sackler Gallery. He has also worked with numerous schools and education centers throughout the world.