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Thursday, May 15, 2003
TOUR: LOS ANGELES MURALS
8:30 a.m.3:30 p.m.
Depart and return via the Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles
Bus tour of a selection of Los Angeles murals with local muralist
Raoul de la Sota. The tour highlights the rich cultural diversity
of Los Angeles and will include The Great Wall of Los Angeles;
Hollywood Jazz; Self Help Graphics' Tropical America;
and many more. Includes a presentation and discussion on the conservation
of David Alfaro Siqueiros's América Tropical.
PRESENTATION AND DISCUSSION
The Conservation of David Alfaro Siqueiros's Mural
América Tropical
1:302:30 p.m.
Pico House, El Pueblo Historical Monument
424 N. Main St., Los Angeles
An overview of the project to complete the conservation of the
David Alfaro Siqueiros mural and to construct a shelter, viewing
platform, and an interpretive center that will place the mural in
its historical and artistic context.
LECTURE
Barry Bauman and Heather Becker, Chicago Conservation Center
Art for the People: The History and Preservation of Chicago's
Progressive and WPA Era Murals
7:00 p.m.
Harold M. Williams Auditorium at the Getty Center
Barry Bauman and Heather Becker discuss the rediscovery and conservation
of the vast collection of murals created in Chicago's public schools
prior to and during the Depression. Presented by the Getty Conservation
Institute as part of its Issues in Conservation series.
Reception to follow.
Friday, May 16Saturday, May 17, 2003
Display, David Alfaro Siqueiros documents and Diego Rivera sketchbook, from the Special Collections of the Research Library at the Getty Research Institute.