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Posted on November 18, 2012 at 1:30am 0 Comments 0 Promotions
African American ARTISTS from across Los Angeles:
“The Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) is a proud supporter of Los Angeles’ 2013 African American Heritage Celebration. This celebration will promote and encourage an awareness of the significant contributions made by our City’s African Americans in culture, education, politics, business, technology, and the arts. As part of this celebration, DCA is once again creating a calendar and cultural guide showcasing African…
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Name: Noni Olabisi (interviewed by Isabel Rojas-Williams/The Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles, MCLA)
May 30th, 2012
City of origin: Actually I was born in St. Louis, Missouri and we left St. Louis . .…
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More about Hale Woodruff's historical 1930s murals, the history of African American Murals, and American History
Recommended by Isabel Rojas-Williams, Art Historian (The Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles, MCLA), article written by Felicia Feaster.
"The Mutiny on the Amistad," (1939) oil on…
Posted on June 12, 2012 at 10:30pm 0 Comments 0 Promotions
Historical murals from the 1930s by Hale Woodruff. Recommended by Isabel Rojas-Williams, Art Historian (The Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles, MCLA). Article written by Debbie Michaud
"In 1939, African-American artist and Atlanta University professor Hale Woodruff was making weekly trips from Atlanta to Talladega College in Alabama to teach a seminar and work on some murals for the school. Talladega president Buell Gordon Gallagher had commissioned the series of paintings to…
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So glad you followed up - every one was so interested in the mural and the event.
The pictures to chronicle the event are now part of the history of our neighborhood for the public to cherish.