Rescue Public Murals
Wraps Up Assessments and Receives Funding
Rescue Public Murals Wraps Up Assessment Phase
Rescue Public Murals is working to complete all pilot assessments by the end of January including:
- Seminole Peace Mural, David Fichter, Atlanta, GA 1984. Assessment conducted by James Squires and David Fichter. Read more about this assessment at http://www.heritagepreservation.org/RPM/index.html
- Crossroads, Carole Byard and Marilyn Lindström, Minneapolis, 1997. Assessment by Anton Rajer and Marilyn Lindström.
- Common Threads, Meg Saligman, Philadelphia, PA, 1998.
- Exterior Mural on Centro Cultural de la Raza, San Diego, CA, 1974.
Heritage Preservation will be compiling the results of the assessment reports, including the cost of restoring the murals. This information will guide future planning for Rescue Public Murals.
Funding Received for Pilot Treatment
Heritage Preservation has received a grant for the treatment of Homage to Seurat: La Grande Jatte in Harlem by the late Eva Cockcroft, which was assessed in September 2007 by artist's representative Janet Braun-Reinitz and conservator Harriet Irgang Alden. The grant is from Friends of Heritage Preservation, a small, private association of individuals based out of Los Angeles that seeks to promote cultural identity through the preservation of significant endangered artistic and historic works, artifacts and sites. The group was founded by Suzanne Deal Booth, whose family foundation provided funding for the Rescue Public Murals pilot phase.
Read more about the mural at http://www.heritagepreservation.org/RPM/archive2.html