Walls of Pride
An Exhibit of 30 Color Photographs
of Local African American Murals
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William Grant Still Art Center
2520 South West View St.
(just north of Adams Blvd. & 2 blocks east of La Brea)
Los Angeles 90016
June 16-July 31, 2001
Opening Reception
June 16, 2001
3pm to 5:30pm
Participating Muralists:
Jacqueline Alexander-Sykes,
Charles Alston, Anthony Cox,
June Edmonds, Eddie Edwards, Charles Freeman,
Marvin Hunt, Michael Massenburg, Norman Maxwell,
Michael McKenzie, David Mosley, Noni Olabisi,
Eddie Orr, Alice Patrick, Elliott Pinkney,
Roderick Sykes, Charles White, C. Ian White,
Keith Williams, Hale Woodruff, Richard Wyatt
On June 16, 2001, an exhibit will open at William Grant Still Art
Center showcasing the rich body of Los Angeles-area wall art created
African American artists. The exhibit will feature 30 color photographs
of murals. Highlights include images of Golden State Insurance Company's
two historical panels by renowned artists Charles Alston and Hale Woodruff,
Richard Wyatt's tribute to jazz greats at Capitol Records in Hollywood,
Charles White's only west coast mural of Mary McLeod Bethune in the
Exposition Park public library., and Noni Olabisi's powerful 1992 portrait
of a community in pain, "Freedom Won't Wait," located in South L.A.
The exhibit is curated by Robin J. Dunitz, a board member of the
Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles, who has been documenting local murals for
more that 10 years. She is the author or co-author of three books on
murals, including a new one (with co-author James Prigoff), titled Walls of
Heritage, Walls of Pride: African American Murals. Most of the
photographs in the exhibit are from this book, which will also form the
basis of a larger exhibit, national in scope, that will be at California
State University, Dominguez Hills, next February. The book, as well as a
postcard book of local Afrcian American murals, will be on sale at the
gallery.
Many of the participating artists will be on hand at the opening
day reception, to be held as part of the Art Center's Juneteenth
celebration.
For more information, contact Robin Dunitz at 818 763-1825 or the
William Grant Still Art Center at 323 734-1164.
