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

September 17, 2023September 18, 2023 The Guardsman 0 Comments workshop, Esteban del Valle, SFMOMA, art education, art, city college, 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

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

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

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 diego rivera, frida kahlo, Will Maynez, pan american unity mural, Diego Rivera Theater, SFMOMA, Beth Lederer, Roberts Family Gallery

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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May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 The Guardsman Interim Chancellor Rajen Vurdien, Cultural Heritage Imaging, Carla Schroer, Angela Greco, Diego Rivera Mural Project, diego rivera mural, San Francisco Museum of Modern Arts, City College of San Francisco, Diego Rivera Theater Project, CCSF, CHI, pan american unity mural, Stanford Libraries, SFMOMA

The Diego Rivera Pan American Unity Mural is officially en route to its new home for the next few years: The SFMOMA.

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Committee Seeks New Design Team for The Diego Rivera Theater

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

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.

Carla Schroer of the non-profit, Cultural Heritage Imaging, setting up the laptop and camera so she can scan the Diego Rivera Mural located in the Diego Rivera Theater at the main campus in San Francisco. (Photo by Franchon Smith/ The Guardsman)

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Diego Rivera Mural Undergoes Structural Assessment

January 25, 2016February 25, 2020 The Guardsman diego rivera mural, diego rivera, pan american unity mural

By Cassie Ordonio/ Opinion Editor With an agenda of preserving The Pan American Unity Mural’s history, and the story it