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Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles Meets with Caltrans To Inspect Downtown LA Freeway Murals
Freeway murals in downtown LA are really a study on the subject of the battle against graffiti and tagging vandals. Caltrans (the highway maintenance authority in the State of California) is required by law to keep graffiti under control and … Continue reading
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Tagged Caltrans, Graffiti, Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles, Mural conservation, mural restoration, Scott Haskins, Street Art
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Caltrans and Mural Conservancy Inspects Downtown LA Freeway Murals
Freeway murals in downtown LA are really a study on the subject of graffiti. Caltrans is required by law to keep graffiti under control and off walls… even if those walls have really great murals on them.The Mural Conservancy of … Continue reading
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Tagged 1984 Olympics, art conservation, Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles, Mural conservation, mural restoration
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Mural Art Conservation Survey and Overpaint Removal at Texas Southern University (TSU)
I’m at TSU this week and its been a great week of looking at art. This University has a rich heritage of mural painting starting back with some really great artist pioneers back in the 50’s. The result has been … Continue reading
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Tagged art conservation, cleaning painted out murals, Harvey Johnson, Mural conservation, restoration, Scott Haskins
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TSU Murals – Consultation and Survey
This mural by Harvey Johnson was recently painted out. Texas Southern University (TSU) has contracted with Scott Haskins and FACL, Inc. to do a survey of the 168 murals on campus. Even without really getting into the … Continue reading
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Tagged collection survey, Harvey Johnson, Mural conservation, Scott Haskins, TSU Houston Texas
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