Rescue Public Murals Assessments Begin
This summer Rescue Public Murals has begun assessments of murals in three locations (click on the images to see a larger version):
Estrada Courts, East Los Angeles:
- Mario Torero and C.A.C.A., We Are Not A Minority, 1978. 3217 Olympic Blvd. (Photo by Moira Egan)
- Cat Felix, Give Me Life, 1973. 3357-3359 Olympic Blvd.
- Cat Felix and VNE Cobras, The Sacrifice Wall. 3359 and Olympic Blvd. (Photo by Moira Egan)
- Norma Montoya, Innocence, 1973. 3201 Olympic Blvd.
- Daniel Martinez and the ELA Crew, Shark, 1974. 3311 Olympic Blvd.
- Manuel Gonzalez, nd., Totem Peacock. 3264 Olympic Blvd. (Photo by Moira Egan)
New York City:
- Eva Cockcroft, Homage to Seurat: La Grand Jatte in Harlem, 1986. 115 Hamilton Place. (Photo by Tomie Arai)
El Paso:
- Carlos Callejo, AIDS, 1988. 800 Sixth Avenue. (Photo by Lupe Casillas-Lowenberg)
The assessments will be conducted by a conservator in collaboration with the muralist or their representative. Local advisory committees made up of muralists, community members, art historians, public art administrators, and others familiar with their city’s mural heritage nominated these murals for assessment. Additional Rescue Public Murals local advisory committees are being established in New Mexico, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Chicago, and Philadelphia, among other cities.
Rescue Public Murals (www.RescuePublicMurals.org) is a national project to bring public attention to U.S. murals, document their unique artistic and historic contributions, and secure the expertise and support to save them. Rescue Public Murals receives funding from the Getty Foundation, as well as from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Booth Heritage Foundation, and the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.
For more information on Rescue Public Murals, contact project director Kristen Overbeck Laise, Heritage Preservation, 1012 14th Street NW, Suite 1200, Washington DC 20005, 202-233-0800 or klaise@heritagepreservation.org.