TO: GWHSAA Board Members and friends of GWHSAA It occurred to me many of you may not be aware of the plethora of articles, videos, and events that swirl around the Arnautoff Murals. I created a document to list all the articles, videos, and events I am aware of. Click on this link to see the list of news and online coverage: "Mural News Coverage." Towards the end of the document is... • list of art- and preservation-related articles • list of upcoming events • online community petitions, pro and con Best, Peggy Toye, '77 Board Member, 1980-2005, 2017-present Monday, September 23, 2019, 11:15 AM, Peggy Toye <[email protected]> Mural News Coverage link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zhCyIrXaONsSmSDpPWFt8Pdz0Dk gYaM9ib2S5PBUki4/edit MURAL MEDIA COVERAGE George Washington High School Alumni Association Chronology of Publication, Posting or Airing Informative Mural Videos & Art Preservation List of Upcoming Events (last page) Online Petitions, Pro & Con (last page) September 16, 2019 The New York Review of Books, Michael Bogart. “The Problem with Canceling the Arnautoff Murals” September 12, 2019 Labor Video Project. “SFUSD Board & Superintendent Matthews Cutting $300,000 From MLK Middle School” September 10, 2019 (September 23 Issue) The Nation, Robin D.G. Kelley. “We’re Getting These Murals All Wrong” September 6, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Gary Kamiya. “Not just Washington High murals: WPA’s work lives on, all over San Francisco”
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TO: GWHSAA Board Members and friends of GWHSAA It occurred to me many of you may not be aware of the plethora of articles, videos, and events that swirl around the Arnautoff Murals. I created a document to list all the articles, videos, and events I am aware of. Click on this link to see the list of news and online coverage: "Mural News Coverage." Towards the end of the document is...
• list of art- and preservation-related articles
• list of upcoming events • online community petitions, pro and con
Best, Peggy Toye, '77
Board Member, 1980-2005, 2017-present
Monday, September 23, 2019, 11:15 AM, Peggy Toye <[email protected]>
Mural News Coverage link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zhCyIrXaONsSmSDpPWFt8Pdz0Dk
gYaM9ib2S5PBUki4/edit
MURAL MEDIA COVERAGE George Washington High School Alumni Association
Chronology of Publication, Posting or Airing Informative Mural Videos & Art Preservation
List of Upcoming Events (last page) Online Petitions, Pro & Con (last page)
September 16, 2019 The New York Review of Books, Michael Bogart. “The Problem with Canceling the Arnautoff Murals”
September 12, 2019 Labor Video Project. “SFUSD Board & Superintendent Matthews Cutting $300,000 From MLK Middle School”
September 10, 2019 (September 23 Issue) The Nation, Robin D.G. Kelley. “We’re Getting These Murals All Wrong”
September 6, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Gary Kamiya. “Not just Washington High murals: WPA’s work lives on, all over San Francisco”
September 1, 2019 The Shin Bijutsu Shinbun (meaning "new art newspaper"), Reiko Tomii. "Another Concern" Japanese translation not available here.
August 30, 2019 LaborVideo, Steve Zeltzer interviewer. “Danny Glover...on Arnautoff, Murals & Labor”
August 26, 2019 Revcom.us. “Packed House at Revolution Books for Panel Discussion on “Life of George Washington” Mural Controversy”
August 25, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Phil Matier. “Feinstein on SF mural flap: Don’t destroy it, don’t cover it up” Washington Post, Gillian Brockell. “George Washington owned slaves and ordered Indians killed. Will a mural of that history be hidden?”
August 22, 2019 Apollo, The International Art Magazine, Jillian Caddell. “The George Washington murals are meant to make viewers uncomfortable”
August 21, 2019 S.F. Examiner, Laura Waxmann. “S.F. mural debate follows students during first week of school” The New York Times, Carol Pogash. “Alice Walker Defends George Washington Murals” August 20, 2019 ArtNet.com’s ArtNet News, Caroline Goldstein. “Author Alice Walker Decries the Efforts to Censor San Francisco’s George Washington Murals as ‘Ignorant and Backwards’”
August 19, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Nanette Asimov. “Washington High students speak out after summer battle over mural”
August 17, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Willie’s World. “Political Art.”
August 16, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Nanette Asimov. “Now you can zoom in on the entire Washington High mural--right here” Lower Panel, 360-degree video view. Upper Panels, 360-degree video view. No views of the ceiling panels.
August 15, 2019 Frankfurter Allemeine, one of the most prominent newspapers in Germany. “DieBilderstürmer von San Francisco” English translation provided by Steven Edwards. Three more German newspapers (no translation):
https://www.spiegel.de/lebenundlernen/schule/san-francisco-streitet-ueber-fresken-mit-george-washington-sklaven-und-ureinwohnern-a-1282485.html https://www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute/bilder-spalten-san-francisco-streit-um-us-gemaelde-mit-sklaven-100.html https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/usa/id_86288404/san-francisco-streitet-ueber-historische-wandgemaelde-in-schule.html
August 14, 2019 The New York Times, Carol Pogash. “San Francisco School Board Votes to Hide, but Not Destroy, Disputed Murals” KQED.org, Michael Krasny hosts. “Controversial George Washington High School Mural Revisited” with Noah Griffin DailyMail.com, Ross Ibbetson. “Mural depicting George Washington's plantation slaves and the killing of a Native American will be covered up but NOT destroyed in San Francisco” high school” Artnet.com ArtNet News, Taylor Dafoe. “In a Reversal, the San Francisco School Board Has Voted to Cover, Not Destroy, a Series of Controversial High School Murals”
August 13, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Jill Tucker. “San Francisco school board reverses course, decides to save controversial mural” KTVU.com. “Actor Danny Glover wants to preserve murals at Washington High School.” TelesureEnglish.Net. “Actor Danny Glover opposes painting over mural of George Washington depicting slavery” Breitbart.com. “Danny Glover: ‘Removing George Washington mural akin to book burning’” Washington Examiner, Madeline Fry. “From New Haven to San Francisco, How Art Censors Hide History” SFGate.com, Drew Costly. “San Francisco native and actor Danny Glover against removal of mural at Washington High School” S.F. Chronicle, Charles Desmarais. “SF mural controversy raises questions about our obligations to protect art”
August 12, 2019 KPIX 5 News website. “Actor Danny Glover Opposes Washington High Mural Removal; Calls Plan ‘A Book Burning’”
August 10, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Willie’s World. “Mural MIA” Willie Brown, Jr.’s commentary on Board of Supervisors’ silence.
https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101872745/controversial-george-washington-high-school-mural-revisited
https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101872745/controversial-george-washington-high-school-mural-revisited
https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/danny-glover-life-washington-mural-removal-sfusd-14302359.php
N.Y. Times, Carol Pogash. “San Francisco School Board May Save Controversial George Washington Mural”
August 9, 2019 S.F. Examiner, “SF school board president proposes covering, not destroying, mural” S.F. Examiner, Laura Waxmann. “Mural controversy prompts two SF school board candidates to join race” S.F. Chronicle, Lauren Hernandez. “Reversing course, SF school official offers plan to preserve controversial Washington High murals”
August 7, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Phil Matier. “The people want Washington High mural to stay — school official not swayed” S.F. Chronicle, Nanette Asimov. “Hundreds of people flood SF school to see mural slated for destruction” (updated from August 1 story)
August 6, 2019 S.F. Chronicle Opinion, Jonathan Zimmerman. “Open Forum: George Washington High alumna Maya Angelou’s take on censorship” S.F. Chronicle, Michael Cabanataun. “Black leaders in SF support saving controversial George Washington High School mural” @MarkMatthewsNBC. “Almost 50 Years Ago Dewey Crumpler Painted This Mural…” S.F. Examiner, Laura Waxmann. “Movement to preserve controversial mural gets support from NAACP” National Coalition Against Censorship’s Open Letter to S.F. Board of Education. “NCAC Calls for Open Forum to Discussion San Francisco Murals”
August 5, 2019 CityLab.com, Sarah Holder. “A Depression-Era Mural, Caught in a Very Contemporary Controversy”
August 3, 2019 CBS This Morning. “George Washington Mural Causing Controversy in San Francisco”
August 2, 2019 CBSlocal.com, Joe Vazuez. “Controversial George Washington Mural at San Francisco School Gets Public Viewing After Vote to Cover Up”
August 1, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Nanette Asimov. “More Than 100 People Flood SF School to see Mural Slated for Destruction”
ABC7News.com, Lyanne Melendez. “Public viewing held for controversial mural at SF's George Washington High School” S.F. Examiner, Laura Waxmann. “Residents get a sneak peek at mural at center of national debate” LaborVideo. “The Mural Debate Rages On: Arnautoff Murals Opened Up For Public At George Washington High In SF”
August 2019 Le Monde Diplomatique, Serge Halimi. “The Taliban of San Francisco”
July 31, 2019 EastBayExpress.com, DeWitt Cheng. “The Shame of the Mural Censors--Why Art and History Matters”
July 30, 2019 NationofChange.org, Alexandra Jacobo. “‘It’s About Reclaiming Our Time’: California School Will Cover Up Mural Depicting Slaves and Dead Native Americans” Medium.com, Teachers 4 Social Change. “Teachers 4 Social Change Statement on Washington Murals”
July 27, 2019 CNN.com. “School Board Votes to Removed Historic Mural”
July 26, 2019 The New York Times, Roberta Smith. “The Case for Keeping San Francisco’s Disputed George Washington Murals” The Big Picture: Russian Television. “Painting Over History: Political Correctness Run Amok?”
July 25, 2019 The Press Democrat Editorial. “Don’t destroy San Francisco school’s Washington mural” 1AFTSYMWordPress.com (1st Amendment: Freedom to Speak Your Mind). “Professors Condemn Left’s War On America After School Board In San Francisco Votes To Eliminate Mural Depicting Life Of George Washington”
July 24, 2019 Los Angeles Times, Editorial Board. “San Francisco Should Not Paint Over Mural about George Washington”
July 23, 2019 Counter Punch, Jack Heyman. “Whitewashing American History: the WPA Mural Controversy in San Francisco”
July 22, 2019
Politico, Carla Marinucci. “Move to erase George Washington mural sparks firestorm among Dems” California Playbook Politico, Carla Marinucci. “SF Mural Brouhaha: Handing Trump Ammunition?” NTD.com, Victor Westerkamp. “San Francisco Highschool Pledges to Paint Over Mural” Revolution, The Voice of Revolutionary Communist Party, USA. “Identity Politics Hustlers Sanitize ‘Life of George Washington’" AnneofCarversville.com. “Artist Dewey Crumpler Opposes Destroying 'Life of Washington' Mural For Very Good Reasons”
July 20, 2019 Post-Gazette.com Opinion, Brian T. Allen. “Anti-art fools in San Francisco try to remove anti-racist mural”
July 17, 2019 Chicago Tribune Opinion, Victor Davis Hanson. “Commentary: The war over America’s past is really about its future”
July 16, 2019 USA Today, James Robbins. “Decision to Blot Out Criticism of George Washington is a Sad Sign of Intellectual Decline” USA Today, Kristin Lam. “A California school board has voted to paint over a mural of George Washington. Educators want to save it” S.F. Chronicle, Dominic Fracassa. “Mural Backers Set to Go to Ballot”
July 15, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Dominic Fracassa. “Mural supporters plan 2020 ballot measure to protect controversial fresco at Washington High”
July 14, 2019 S.F. Examiner, Stevon Cook. “Keep Those Slaves on that Wall!” The New York Times Opinion, Stevon Cook & Mark Sanchez. “Why a San Francisco Mural Must Come Down” Russian TV News at 1:58 into the video. Yap, Crumpler, Cherny, Francisco & Congress of Russian Americans interviewed.
July 13, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Willie Brown. “The New America: Those Who Yell Loudest Win”
Marin Independent Journal, Noah Griffin. “The History We Honor and the Art We Destroy” TVRAIN.UR, Russian TV. “The Forbidden Frescoes in San Francisco: the World Again Divided Political Correctness”
July 12, 2019 S.F. Chronicle Opinion, Svetlana Mintcheva. “SF School Board Need Not Be A Regime That Destroys Art” Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon, Thomas K. Pendergast. “Meeting on Washington High School Murals Turns Contentious” Fox2News & USA Today video. “School Board Votes to Unanimously Cover Up Controversial Mural”
July 11, 2019 Medium.com, Stevon Cook. “Keep Those Slaves on that Wall!”
July 10, 2019 ArtNet News, Ben Davis. “This Artist Painted the Black Radical Response to the George Washington Slaveholder Murals. Here’s Why He Stands Against Destroying Them” Crumpler quoted in last paragraph response re student protester regretting his actions.
July 9, 2019 The Nation, Jennifer Wilson. “Black People Don’t Need Murals to Remember Injustices.”
July 8, 2019 Hyperallergic (Opinion), Zachary Small. “A Controversial WPA Mural Is a Litmus Test for the Longevity of Public Art” ArtNet News, Taylor Dafoe. “Nearly 400 Writers and Academics Are Protesting the Planned Destruction of a Controversial Mural Depicting the Life of George Washington” College Art Association, David Raizman. “CAA Statement on WPA Murals by Victor Arnautoff” S.F. Chronicle, Jill Tucker. “Academics, educators petition to save controversial mural”
July 7, 2019 BookofOurs.com, “Expulsion” video commentary on socialists’ view of mural destruction AnneofCarversville.com. “Liberal School Board Votes To Destroy Revolutionary Mural Showing Washington's Slaves For Being 'Racist'”
July 6, 2019 National Review, Brian T. Allen. “San Francisco’s Board of Education: Anti-Art Fools” S.F. Chronicle, Carl Nolte. “It starts with painting over murals and removing mission bells. Where does it end?”
July 4, 2019 Associated Press, Samantha Maldonado. “San Francisco to Paint Over Debated George Washington Mural” SeattlePi.com Local Memphis.com The Washington Post ABCNews.go.com The Oklahoman MyArklamiss.com Honolulu Star Advertiser CBSNews.com The WashingtonTimes
July 3, 2019 The New York Times, Opinion. “The San Francisco Mural: When the Destroyers of Art are Liberals”
July 2, 2019 SF Gate (S.F. Chronicle), Jill Tucker. “School Board Faces Mural Dilemma: Free Speech or Racial Justice” Nonesite.org, Editorial. “Open Letter on the Proposed Destruction of a Mural Cycle”
July 1, 2019 Artnet News, Taylor Dafoe. "After Years of Debate, San Francisco Votes to Cover Up Controversial 1930s Mural Depicting George Washington as a Slaveowner: Covering up the mural could cost taxpayers as much as $845,000”
July 2019 Jacobin, Aqsa Ahmad. “Destroying Antiracist Art Will Not End Racism”
June 30, 2019 Global Research, Diana Johnston. “The San Francisco Murals and the ‘Suicide of the Left”
June 29, 2019 Russia Life, Lope Yap, Jr. “Our School Board Deserves an F” The Journal Gazette, Editorial. “Washington Crossing the Rubicon” S.F. Chronicle, Willie Brown, Jr. Willie’s World, “Historical Note” UK’s Independent, “Murals of George Washington Including Slaves and a Dead Native American to be Covered Up After Unanimous Vote,” reprint of Derrick Bryson Taylor’s NYT June 28 article
June 28, 2019 The New York Times, Bari Weiss. “San Francisco Will Spend $600,000 to Erase History” The New York Times, Derrick Bryson Taylor. “San Francisco School Will Cover Controversial George Washington Murals” The Washington Post, Justin Wm. Moyer. “San Francisco School Board Votes to Paint Over Mural of Washington’s Life” and reposted by The Mercury News
Los Angeles Times & San Diego Union-Tribune, Alexa Diaz. “School to Cover Up George Washington Mural That Depicts Violence and Slavery.” Washington Examiner, John Gage “San Francisco School Board Orders Removal of ‘Violent’ and ‘Degrading’ George Washington Mural” The Hill, Jessica Campisi. “San Francisco School Board Votes to Paint Over ‘Violent’ George Washington Mural” The Reality Check, David Bacon. “The Hidden History of the Arnautoff Murals” reprinted from The Stansbury Forum
June 27, 2019 S.F. Chronicle Editorial. “San Francisco School Leaders Teach Censorship, Not History” CNN.com, Sophie Sherry & Lauren M. Johnson. “San Francisco School Will Cover Up a Mural Depicting Slaves and Dead Native Americans” The Blaze, Dave Urbanski. “Historic George Washington Mural that ‘Traumatizes students’ to be Painted Over; School Board Members Calls Decision ‘Reparations’”
June 26, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Jill Tucker. "Long, expensive road ahead as school district moves to paint over historic mural" (7:49pm PST)
S.F. Chronicle, Jill Tucker. "San Francisco school board votes to destroy controversial Washington High Mural” (3:57pm PST)
Richmond District Blog, Sarah B. “Board of Education Votes to Cover George Washington High School WPA Murals”
June 25, 2019 S.F. Chronicle Datebook, “Bay Area Art Leaders on Censorship of George Washington High Mural” KQED Art, Sam Lefebvre. “‘This is Reparations:’ SF School Board Votes to Paint Over Controversial High School Mural”
June 24, 2019 S.F. Examiner, Matt Gonzalez. “Don’t Whitewash History” KQED News, The Bay, Erika Aguilar. “A Mural That Doesn't Age Well: The Debate Over the George Washington Murals in S.F” KGO-Radio.com (June 24 podcast), Pat Thurston. “Analyzing the Controversial Murals at George Washington High School” with Professor Dewey Crumpler. S.F. Chronicle Open Forum, Lope Yap, Jr. “The San Francisco School Board is Flunking History”
https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/San-Francisco-school-board-votes-to-destroy-14050025.php
Curbed, Adam Brinklow. “SF school board debates removing murals over racism charge”
June 21, 2019 IndyBay.org repost of Charles Desmarias. “High School Mural Debate a Reminder That Destroying Art Destroys Our Culture” Newser.com, Jenn Gidman. “Cost to Cover Up George Washington at School Could Approach $1M” Zerohedge.com, Tyler Durden. “Mural Of George Washington That "Traumatizes Students" To Be Covered Up”
June 20, 2019 S.F. Chronicle/Datebook/Arts & Exhibits, Charles Desmarias. “High School Mural Debate a Reminder That Destroying Art Destroys Our Culture” Yahoo.com, Hope Schrieber. “Covering up 'racist' George Washington mural in a high school could cost over $600,000” Gateway Pundits, Joseph Curl. “High School Mulls Spending $600,000 To Remove George Washington Murals Because They ‘Traumatize’ Students” The Berkeley Planet Daily, Public Comment by Carol Denney. “Open Letter to the San Francisco School Board of Education about Arnautoff Mural” Reason, Robby Soave. “Activists Want a Problematic Mural of George Washington Destroyed. It Will Cost a High School $600,000”
June 18, 2019 SF Examiner, Laura Waxmann. “Emotions run high at hearing on plan to remove or cover historic New Deal mural” NBCBayArea.com, Jean Elle. “George Washington Mural Causes Controversy in SF High School” SF Weekly, Ida Mojadad. “Who’s Even Defending the George Washington High Murals At This Point?”
June 17, 2019 SF Chronicle, Jill Tucker. “Fate of Controversial High School Mural Down to Three Options”
June 16, 2019 AP News, Amna Khalid. “Activist Want a San Francisco high school mural removed, saying its impact today should overshadow the artist’s intentions” Reprint of May 10 SF Gate & The Conversation.
June 11, 2019
KPFA.org, audio interview with Greg Brechin. “Erasing History” SF Washington High & The Victor Arnautoff Murals With Gray Brechin”
JUNE 9, 2019 CNN, Amnah Kahlid & Jeffrey Aaron Snyder. “Activists want a high school mural removed. Can its modern meaning overshadow the artist's intentions?” May 29, 2019 KPFA Radio, video interview with Greg Brechin. “"’Erasing History’ The Victor Arnautoff Murals & SF George Washington High”
MAY 26, 2019 The Guardian, Michael Henry Adams. “Extra-Murals Studies: Why Students Should Not Look Away From Uncomfortable Art”
MAY 21, 2019 Conservative Zone, unknown. “California High School Removes Murals of George Washington” undated
MAY 20, 2019 The Guardian, Walter Thompson. “A School’s Mural Removal: should kids be shielded from brutal U.S. History” The Daily Signal, Jared Stepman. “The War on History Comes to George Washington”
MAY 16, 2019 Wall Street Journal, Roberta Sutton, editorial submittal. “Has Your Kid Withstood the History Censors?”
MAY 13, 2019 WSWS.org, Toby Reese. “San Francisco Board of Education to Decide on the Fate of Historic Murals Said to be ‘Offensive’” Breitbart.com, Tom Ciccotta. “Alumni Support Historic Murals of George Washington ‘Traumatize Students’ at California High School”
May 11, 2019 AnneofCarversville.com. “Activists Want a San Francisco High School Mural Removed, Saying Its Impact Today Should Overshadow the Artist’s Intentions”
MAY 10, 2019 SF Gate and The Conversation, Amna Khalid & Jeffrey Aaron Snyder. “Activist Want A S.F. High School Mural Removed, Saying It’s Impact Today Should Overshadow the Artist’s Intention”
MAY 8, 2019 Washington Post, Justin Moyer. “San Francisco School’s George Washington Mural Doesn’t Represent It’s Values and Should be Removed, Group Says”
MAY 7, 2019
National Review, Katherine Timpf. “School May Erase Mural of George Washington Over Concerns It ‘Traumatizes Students’” S.F. Examiner, Laura Waxmann. “Feds could weigh in on fight over preservation of historic mural”
MAY 6, 2019 Eric B’s Daily Vlogs. “#649, George Washington High Controversial Mural That Shouldn’t Be Removed”
MAY 4, 2019 Marin Independent Journal, Barry Tompkins. “Being Blind to History is Dangerous” Richmond District Blog, Thomas Pendergast. “Mural Opponents Meet Defenders at Tour of George Washington H.S. Artwork” Russia Today (RT). “George Washington Murals ‘Traumatise’ American Minority Students”
MAY 3, 2019 NTD News, Zachary Stieber. “High School Might Remove George Washington Murals Because They ‘Traumatize’ Students”
MAY 2, 2019 The Washington Times, Douglas Ernst. “George Washington Mural ‘Traumatizes San Francisco Students; High School May Remove Art” The Political Insider, Rusty. “George Washington High School Considers Removing Mural of George Washington Because it ‘Traumatizes Students.’” The College Fix, Graham Piro. “High School May Erase Mural of George Washington: ‘traumatizes students’”
APRIL 30, 2019 Richmond District Blog, Sarah Bacon. “Saturday: View the WPA-era George Washington High School murals” Fifth & Mission Megaphone Podcast, “What to Do About the Dead Indian”
APRIL 29, 2019 Boston Globe, Renee Loth. “When Art Offends”
APRIL 26, 2019 Wall Street Journal, Fergus Bordewich. “Even George Washington May Be Erased From Our Past” commentary
APRIL 24, 2019 Golden Gate Xpress, SF State student publication, Natalie Pourazar. “Controversial mural at George Washington High School Sparks Discussion”
APRIL 23, 2019 KQED Radio Forum, Michael Krasny. “Controversy Over School Mural Depicting Slavery, Colonization” Timothy Pflueger Blog, Therese Poletti: “Defending Victor Arnautoff’s WPA-era murals at George Washington High School”
APRIL 19, 2019 The Frisc, Alex Lash. “For SF Muralist Dewey Crumpler, the Controversial Past is Present”
APRIL 12, 2019 The Post Star, Will Doolittle. “Some Want Enlightened Art Ruined So Feelings Aren’t Hurt”
APRIL 11, 2019 KGO-810 Radio (podcast) originally aired 1:05pm, Pat Thurston with Lope Yap (GWHS Alumni Assn. VP), Gray Brechin (architectural historian, founder of “Living New Deal” Project), and Native American activist Robert Tamaka Bailey. Originally scheduled for one hour (Part 1) but extended to two (Part 2) due to overwhelming interest from callers. Pat announced petition on-air, TinyURL.com/SaveTheMurals (closed to signatures June 12 in order to present to Board of Education on June 18). The New York Times, Carol Pogash. “These High School Murals Depict an Ugly History. Should They Go?”
APRIL 9, 2019 Richmond District Blog, Sarah Bacon. “Historic WPA murals at George Washington High School are facing destruction due to controversial depictions of Native Americans and African-Americans” S.F. Chronicle, Chronicle Editorial Board. “Editorial: Erasing SF school murals perceived by some as racist is misguided” KQED, Sam Lefebvre. “Mural Critiquing Slavery, Manifest Destiny Draws Controversy in San Francisco”
APRIL 8, 2019 S.F. Chronicle, Jill Tucker. “Offensive or important? Debate flares anew over SF school mural depicting slavery” S.F. Chronicle, Charles Desmarais. “Obliterating art won’t change history, or the power of creation” NBC Bay Area, “School Artwork Sparks Controversy in San Francisco.” KQED TV, Sam Lefebvre interview aired 6pm. The Ten O’Clock News on KTVU-FOX 2 aired on 10:37pm. Online KTVU article posted.
APRIL 5, 2019
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The Frisc, Alex Lash. “At SF’s Washington High, an 83-Year-Old Mural Depicting People of Color Is Again Under Fire” Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon, Thomas Pendergast. “Controversial Murals Halt School’s Landmark Status.”
MARCH 29, 2019 Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon. “George Washington High School Alumni Oppose Censoring Controversial Murals”
MARCH 7, 2019 Richmond Review/Sunset Beacon. “Controversial Murals Derail School’s Landmark Status”
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GWHS INFORMATIVE VIDEOS & LINKS
Alice Walker, Pulitzer Prize author of The Color Purple, “They Should Leave the Mural and Explain to the Children” interview 8.18.19 2019 LaborFest GWHS Mural Panel Discussion August 13, 2019 SFUSD Board of Education excerpt compilation by LaborVideo.
Gray Brechin, https://youtu.be/9fu-ieMFQoM?t=461 Tamaka Bailey, https://youtu.be/9fu-ieMFQoM?t=192 Thomas Reddy, GWHS English & History teacher, https://youtu.be/9fu-ieMFQoM?t=282 Carol Denny, https://youtu.be/9fu-ieMFQoM?t=392 Rev. Amos Brown, https://youtu.be/9fu-ieMFQoM?t=529
August 1, 2019 Public Viewing of Murals GWHS Artwork George Washington High School Alumni Association Media Release 2010 S.F. Arts Commission’s “Mural Restoration at George Washington High School” Dewey Crumpler, muralist, speaking about Multi Ethnic Heritage murals he painted and “LOW” murals. Robert Tamaka Bailey, Choctaw Instructor, Occupation of Alcatraz Island Participant: Tamaka video, Tamaka letter, Tamaka at 6/17 SF Board of Education ArtandArchitecture.com, Public Art From Around the World. “Life of Washington” by Victor Arnautoff Updates to add? Write to [email protected]
REVIEWING HISTORY Related Art Background & Preservation/Historical Articles
Think, Look, Make. “The Arnautoff Murals: Yes, Art Matters.” Marie-Jose Durquet, is an AP art history teacher at Gunn High School in Palo Alto. September 15, 2019 WTOP.com, Neal Augenstein. “Charlottesville judge rules Confederate statues will stay” September 12, 2019 The Washington Post, Hannah Knowles. “As plantations talk more honestly about slavery, some visitors are pushing back” September 8, 2019 Atlas Obscura, Sabrina Imbler. “California’s Mexican-American History is Disappearing Beneath White Paint” August 28, 2019 National Park Traveler, Kurt Repanshek. “How The National Park Service Grappled With Segregation During The 20th Century” August 18, 2019 Sacramento Bee, Melanie Hogue. “‘Beauty in devastation’: Camp Fire muralist brings his vision to Sacramento’s Wide Open Walls” August 7, 2019 Frederickburg.com. “UMW professor, students collaborate with National Park Service for segregation exhibit” August 6, 2019 National Parks & Conservation Association, “Naming Matters.” Summer 2019 NY Times, “Angered by This Roosevelt Statue? A Museum Wants Visitors to Weigh In.” July 15, 2019 National Coalition Against Censorship, “Of Monuments And Power: Public Art Debates Are More Than Just Free Speech Vs. Censorship” Cineaste, The Editors. “Cancellation Culture.” Summer 2019 Washington College, Chestertown, MD, 236th Commencement Exercise, Commencement Address by Chief Justice Leo E. Strine, Jr., Delaware Supreme Court May 19, 2019 High Country News, Allison Herrera. “Indigenous Educators Fight For An Accurate History of California: The Golden State is Ignoring a History of Violence Against Native Americans.” April 29, 2019 NBC.com, “Recovering an Erased History: The Chinese railroad workers who helped connect the country.” Recounts the 1869 and 1969 exclusion to give the Chinese credit for their
contributions in building the Transcontinental Railroad. The Chinese comprised 90 percent of the Central Pacific Railroad’s workforce. April 22, 2019 LA Times, Alexandra Reyes-Valarde. “A historic L.A. mural was whitewashed, and the artist is fed up with the lack of respect” April 19, 2019
E V E N T S
October 17, benefit for Coalition to Protect Public Art. Specs Bar with “Living New Deal, 5:30-8:30pm. 12 Alder Lane (across from City Lights Books), San Francisco. 9.23.19 October 3, Presidio Historical Society: Arnautoff lecture by Cherny (posted 8.8.19)
“The Coit Tower Murals: Visual Feast, Political Controversy, Decades of Neglect, and a Spectacular Restoration,” a lecture with Professor Emeritus Robert Cherny. Thursday, October 3, 2019 at 6:30PM at the Presidio Interfaith Chapel. RSVP For This Event Here: [email protected]
September 25, SF Democratic Club & “Pack the Room” re ‘Paint it Down’ Vote, @ 6pm Mission Community Pool, 101 Linda St, San Francisco September 17, benefit for Coalition to Protect Public Art. Dolby Chadwick Gallery, 210 Post Street, SF, 5:30-7:30pm. RSVP here. August 22, Revolution Book Store Mural Panel Discussion video. Speakers: Gonzelez, Kardaris, Yap, Crumpler. August 21, S.F. Historic Preservation Commission discuss GWHS Mural (Landmark Designation Work Program 2016). August 20, Program with Danny Glover and Dewey Crumpler will be on KPOO.com on Tuesday, 4pm and 10pm (KPOO-FM 89.5) August 1, “Life of Washington” Open House July 9, LaborFest: Mural panel w/Tamaka, Lope, Cherny, posted 07.03.19 - 10.20AM
July 9, LaborFest: protesters recorded, posted 07.10.19 - 12.59 PM July 9, LaborFest: Mural panel full recording w/Tamaka, Lope, Cherny, posted 07.12.19 - 01.29 PM
July 6, LaborFest: Brechin speaks at Rincon Mural Tour, posted 07.03.19 - 11.11 AM (PDT)
P E T I T I O N S
http://www.collegeart.org/news/2019/09/09/controversial-artworks-survey/
GWHSAA Petition (closed) Eric Kauschen: Save the Historic Murals at George Washington High School Nonesite.org, Editorial by Educators. “Open Letter on the Proposed Destruction of a Mural Cycle”
Paint down Washington High School's racist mural!
Russian Community Council of the USA, Change.org Petition. “Preserve Victor Arnautoff’s
Murals in George Washington High School” April 2019
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