Murals and Street Art

On TRAVELING CULTURATI this week: Murals & Street Art!

Murals and street art are globally accepted forms of contemporary art. They are expressive, reflective of society and social events. At various times in history they have found their way front and center to not only the public at large but also the art world.

In the age of social media and Instagram-worthy shots, I thought it prudent to talk about this art form and its impact.

Two excellent guests join host, Ja'Vonne Harley providing a better understanding of Murals & Street Art in the art world and the impact this contemporary form of art has on society, especially as we deal with social justice and injustice.

It’s really the art imitates life and life imitates art Yin and Yang

Rebecca Zorach teaches in the art history department of Northwestern University as the Mary Jane Crowe Professor of Art and Art History. She has written on early modern European art, the Black Arts Movement, contemporary activist art, and art and ecology. She co-edited the 2017 book The Wall of Respect: Public Art and Black Liberation in 1960s Chicago with Abdul Alkalimat and Romi Crawford. In 2019, she published Art for People's Sake: Artists and Community in Black Chicago, 1965–1975. 

Dorian Sylvain is a painter whose color and texture explore ornamentation, pattern, and design as identifiers of cultural and historical foundations. Her art reflects, connects, and strengthens Black Chicago and for the past four decades, she has been committed to educating youth and creating public art that elevates neighborhoods and environmental aesthetics through collective art-making.

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