Laborfest: Coit Tower, Anton Refregier, Sargent Johnson & New Deal Art : Indybay

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Title:	Laborfest: Coit Tower, Anton Refregier, Sargent Johnson & New Deal Art
START DATE:	Saturday July 14
TIME:	1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Location Details:
Canessa Gallery - 708 Montgomery St. at Washington, San Francisco. Montgomery St BART, Buses: 1, 8X, 10, 12, 30, 41
Event Type:	Teach-In
Coit Tower, Anton Refregier and Sargent Johnson: Past and Current Efforts to Protect New Deal Art With Jon Golinger, Grey Brechin and Harvey Smith This gathering at the historic Canessa Gallery will describe the post-election efforts of the Protect Coit Tower campaign, tell the remarkable story of Anton Refregier and how the Rincon Annex murals were saved, and provide an update on the saga of the lost Sargent Johnson relief. For more information: harveysmithberkeley [at] yahoo.com See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coit_Tower#Murals http://www.canessa.org/events.html http://graybrechin.net/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Refregier http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/sargent-johnson-bay-area-artist http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/21/arts/design/art-by-sargent-johnson-berkeleys-loss-is-museums-gain.html?pagewanted=all http://www.newdeallegacy.org/ http://www.protectcoittower.org/ http://www.protectcoittower.org/pbs_newshour_shines_national_spotlight_on_campaign_to_protect_coit_tower?splash=1 http://www.laborfest.net/2012/2012schedule.htm http://www.laborfest.net/2012/2012schedule... Added to the calendar on Saturday Jun 16th, 2012 10:34 AM