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

Date:
Saturday, July 14, 2012
Time:
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Event Type:
Teach-In
Organizer/Author:
Location Details:
Canessa Gallery - 708 Montgomery St. at Washington, San Francisco. Montgomery St BART, Buses: 1, 8X, 10, 12, 30, 41

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
Added to the calendar on Sat, Jun 16, 2012 10:34AM
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