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Commission discusses restoration plan for John Stewart Curry WPA murals; agrees to pursue photos, quotes and grants
Summary
Commissioners and preservation volunteers proposed photographing and assessing original WPA-era John Stewart Curry murals for restoration, discussed grant and sponsor options, and agreed to meet offline to coordinate documentation and fundraising.
Commission members and preservation volunteers laid out an initial plan to assess and pursue restoration of WPA-era murals by John Stewart Curry that hang in one of the city’s performance spaces.
Mark Allen introduced the proposal and said the murals were not restored with the rest of the city’s collection. Todd Bryant, who has researched the works, described the murals and offered to help photograph them to a high standard so specialist conservators could provide cost estimates…
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