Public Art and Murals: Controversy, Neglect, Restoration Not always seen by all as a public benefit, public art faces sometimes quiet neglect, sometimes outrage and controversy. Earlier this year, San Francisco Poet Laureate  Kim Shuck  brought attention to the appeal to remove the Pioneer Monument’s “Early Days” statue of a subjugated and emaciated indigenous figure in Civic Center. Calling for a rehearing, she wrote a poem each day—55 in all—until the Board of Appeals granted one...
Topics: Indigenous California, Ohlone, public art, statues, murals, tagging, vandalism, community,...

18 min., color: Yosemite National Park is nearly empty during wartime in this travel reel from the early 1940s. Opening in San Francisco, the reel quickly crosses the Bay Bridge (nearly empty) and travels overland to the Sierra Mountains. Most of the reel is landscape views of scenic highlights of Yosemite. Notice: Brief appearance by two Native children.
Topics: Yosemite, Yosemite National Park, San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge, 1940s, World War II, wartime,...

Newsletter published by California Humanities (formerly California Council for the Humanities) In this issue: Addressing the best in ourselves: CCH's Founding Director looks back over 25 years "Harry Bridges" airs on Labor Day Pursuing community in California Grants awarded: Public programs Grants awarded: Media projects Humanities summer calendar Language is Life gathering: A high-spirited success W. Turrentine "Turpie" Jackson dies at 85 Virginia Gray joins staff Every...
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Newsletter published by California Humanities (formerly California Council for the Humanities) In this issue: Revitalizing our vanishing Native cultures: The Language Is Life/Renewal Project Language loss and revitalization in California Keeping Native American languages alive means preserving the future Grants awarded: California Sesquicentennial Grants awarded: Public programs Grants awarded: Media projects Humanities winter calendar NEH launches initiative to rediscover America through...
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Newsletter published by California Humanities (formerly California Council for the Humanities) In this issue: Politics of the Spirit: Portraits of faith and community in Los Angeles Top prizes go to Huxley's Brave New Worlds, Herbert's Hippopotamus, and Beyond Affliction October is National Arts and Humanities Month Council launches the Language Is Life Renewal Project The California Humanities Network is now a reality Grants awarded: California Sesquicentennial Grants awarded: Public programs...
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Newsletter published by California Humanities (formerly California Council for the Humanities) In this issue: Counter-documenting her stories: Deann Borshay Liem on First Person Plural Circle of Voices: Tribes learning to video their elders The challenges posed by our passing sesquicentennial Strengthening community, one story at a time: An interim evaluation of the Community Heritage Projects Humanities fall calendar Steve Tyler appointed to Council Board 5th annual California Studies...
Topics: Newsletters, California Humanities, California Council for the Humanities, Deann Borshay Liem,...
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