Walls of Heritage, Walls of Pride
Host Dmae Roberts highlights the Walls of Heritage, Walls of Pride: African American Murals about to open at the Oregon Historical Society. Find out about the long and often overlooked history of African American murals. And in the latter part of the show, Producer Tali Singer has an audio arts piece of a young woman converting to Islam.
Adrienne Cruz, Marsha Matthews, RobinDunitz & Arvie Smith
Hear about the long tradition of African American muralists on Stage and Studio today. The Walls of Heritage exhibit runs November 16, 2010 through February 13, 2011.
Dmae talks with two Portland muralists Arvie Smith and Adrienne Cruz as well as Robin Dunitz, mural historian and co-author of the “Walls of Heritage” book with James Prigoff. Duntiz co-curated this national touring exhibit. Marsha Matthews, OHS Director of Public Programs also talks about new changes at OHS.
You can hear Stage & Studio at the KBOO website or on 90.7FM live at 11am Tuesdays.
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- Adrienne Cruz, Marsha Matthews, Robin Dunitz & Arvie Smith
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- Adrienne Cruz “Quilts”
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- Arvie Smith’s “Same As It Ever Was”
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- Walls of Heritage book Robin Dunitz
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- Children of Humanity mural
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Great show today! I really enjoyed hearing from each artist about her or his work, how they got involved in doing murals, and I’m excited to go see the work at OHS. Thank you for bringing these artists to our attention, Dmae.