Fine Arts Talk
Fine Arts TalkBehind the Surface: Conserving WPA Murals
June 11 at 6:30pm
East Harlem
Go behind the scenes of a decades-long rescue mission. This panel reveals how conservators saved Abram Champanier's Alice Mural, a New Deal fantasy that once brightened a children's hospital ward, and why restoring public art matters more than ever.
New Deal history
art restoration
curator panel
WPA murals
Tips
🎨view the Alice Mural exhibition before the panel starts
🎤Whitney curator Barbara Haskell on the panel
♿wheelchair lift available, call ahead with questions
Thursday, June 11, 6:30 PM
$30
Behind the Surface: Conserving WPA Murals
June 11 at 6:30pm
East Harlem
Fine Arts TalkFine Arts TalkGo behind the scenes of a decades-long rescue mission. This panel reveals how conservators saved Abram Champanier's Alice Mural, a New Deal fantasy that once brightened a children's hospital ward, and why restoring public art matters more than ever.
New Deal history
art restoration
curator panel
WPA murals
Tips
🎨view the Alice Mural exhibition before the panel starts
🎤Whitney curator Barbara Haskell on the panel
♿wheelchair lift available, call ahead with questions
Thursday, June 11, 6:30 PM
$30
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