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City College and SFMOMA File Dueling Lawsuits Over Diego Rivera Mural

November 17, 2023 The Guardsman 0 Comments pan american unity mural, SFMOMA, Danny Meeks, SFMOMA lawsuit, diego rivera

City College filed a cross-complaint to the San Francisco Superior Court on Thursday in response to a lawsuit initiated by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in early October.

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Longtime City College-SFMOMA Collaboration Results in Student Mural on Frida Kahlo Way

September 17, 2023September 27, 2023 The Guardsman 0 Comments mural, Imani C. Davis, diego rivera, frida kahlo, student murals, collaboration, student artists, muralist, original name of Pan American Unity mural, pan american unity mural, The Marriage of the Artistic Expression of the North and of the South on This Continent, workshop, Esteban del Valle, SFMOMA, art education, art, city college

Painting students at the time, Barbara Bolls-Guillory, Itzli Ceja and Xiaoyu Luo painted the Frida Kahlo panel together. The three benefitted from the workshop in a multitude of ways, from the community aspect to the technical skills learned.

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Homecoming of Diego Rivera’s Mural Not Going Quite as Planned

May 20, 2023July 28, 2023 The Guardsman David Martin, Diego Rivera Theater, Pan American Unity, SFMOMA, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Vick Chung, Performing Arts and Education Center, Renée Bartlett-Webber, diego rivera mural, diego rivera

They say history repeats itself. Diego Rivera completed a mural intended for a City College building that was never built, In 1941. Eighty years later, the mural was planned to be installed into the Performance Arts and Education Center which has still not been constructed.

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‘Diego Rivera’s America’ at SFMOMA Displays the Artist’s Influence on San Francisco

September 28, 2022October 7, 2022 The Guardsman Karem Rodriguez, Ann Marie Galvan, Latin American art, art history, san francisco, American art, art, Mexican art, diego rivera, frida kahlo, pan american unity mural, SFMOMA

Displaying more than 150 of Rivera’s works, the exhibit maps the artist’s influence on creating Mexican and American identities.

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Unanswered Questions Revolve Around the Return of Diego Rivera’s Masterpiece Mural to City College in 2024

March 29, 2022April 11, 2022 The Guardsman SFMOMA, Beth Lederer, Roberts Family Gallery, diego rivera, frida kahlo, Will Maynez, pan american unity mural, Diego Rivera Theater

Lots of unanswered questions exist around both the date of return of the mural back to City College and storage logistics while waiting for the much anticipated Diego Rivera Theater to be built.

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Committee Seeks New Design Team for The Diego Rivera Theater

March 10, 2021March 11, 2021 The Guardsman DRT, diego rivera, Trustee Davila, students, Design Build, Theater Arts, Contract, pan american unity mural, DSA, architecture, SFMOMA, board of trustees, PAEC, design, Chancellor Vurdien, mural, Shayna Gee, music

Throughout the years, San Franciscans voted to fund a new Diego Rivera Theater through an $845 million state bond measure and the school received its complete funds in 2020. Many students, faculty, and staff have long awaited its completion.

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Diego Rivera Mural Awaits its New Home

January 27, 2021January 30, 2021 The Guardsman National Endowment for the Humanities Grant, Cultural Heritage Imaging, Carla Schroer, john rizzo, Performing Arts and Education Center, madeline mueller, Design Build Entity, diego rivera, River Bradley, Will Maynez, Natasha Dangond, SFMOMA, Rosie Zepeda

Diego Rivera’s “Pan American Unity” mural will finally be accessible to the public due to a National Endowment for the Humanities grant. The move to SFMOMA is currently still delayed, but the plan is for the mural to stay there until Fall of 2022, then return to City College’s PAEC building.

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City College’s First Latino President Carlos Ramirez Dies at 75

September 9, 2020September 19, 2020 The Guardsman Campus Art, Obituaries, budget, Obituary, mural, diego rivera, El Rey, Carlos Ramirez, President of City College

Former City College President Dr. Carlos Brazil Ramirez, passed away earlier this month at the age of 75. This article discusses both his challenges and successes, and former friends and colleagues recall the man himself.

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Diego Rivera Mural Moving to SFMOMA

September 2, 2020September 7, 2020 The Guardsman Pan American Unity, PAEC, SFMOMA, Edgar Torres, coronavirus, Performing Arts Education Center, COVID-19, mural, Eleni Balakrishnan, diego rivera, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, exhibition, Diego Rivera’s America, Will Maynez, Jill Lynch

The “Pan American Unity” mural by Diego Rivera will be moved to SFMOMA for their new exhibition dedication to Rivera called “Diego Rivera’s America”. Rivera’s mural is remembered as a very historical piece of City College history.