Alice Patrick
Alice Patrick | |
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Born |
1948 Los Angeles |
Nationality | United States |
Alma mater | Art Center College of Design, Otis Art Institute |
Known for | Murals |
Alice Patrick (born 1948) is an African-American muralist and sculptor. Her murals are recognized by the City of Los Angeles as the first painted within the city by an African-American woman.[1]
Biography
Patrick was born and raised in Los Angeles where she studied first at the Art Center College of Design and later at the Otis Art Institute.[2] She is also a former elementary school art teacher.[3]
Work
Patrick was part of the Citywide Mural Project in Los Angeles.[2] She painted in South Los Angeles,[4] however, her mural of historic women in Black History, completed in the mid-1970s, was destroyed soon after its completion.[2] One of her later murals, "Women Do Get Weary (but They Don't Give Up" (1991) was sponsored by the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC).[5] The mural shows images of Mary McCleod Bethune, Dorothy Height, Oprah Winfrey, Josephine Baker and others.[6] Patrick painted herself into the mural as well.[2] The mural is approximately nine feet by sixteen feet and is painted in acrylic on stucco.[2] In 2013, the mural underwent restoration by SPARC in order to fix the peeling paint and faded colors.[7]
In the 1990s Patrick was selling limited edition prints of activists involved in the civil rights movement.[8] Cooper's Originals, a gallery in Los Angeles, helped promote her work, marketing her reproductions.[9] Later, she opened her own gallery called Aliceland, which she ran for ten years.[10]
References
- ↑ Garay, Olga (7 December 2010). "City of Los Angeles Inter-Departmental Corespondence" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Prigoff, James; Dunitz, Robin J. (2000). Walls of Heritage Walls of Pride: African American Murals. San Francisco, California: Pomegranate Communications, Inc. pp. 180, 257. ISBN 0764913395.
- ↑ Carr, Elston L. (9 September 1990). "A Niche for Beauty : Art: A Westside businessman has opened new avenues to make affordable works by black artists available around the country.". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ Fuentes, Ed (21 February 2012). "Mural Ordinance Public Meeting Period Does Not End Quietly". KCET - National Public Radio. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ Morrison, Patt (28 August 2010). "Judy Baca: Muralista". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ Kapitanoff, Nancy (14 March 1993). "Street Gallery Works : A slide presentation and a tour will both emphasize women muralists and the many images they've made on the walls of Los Angeles.". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ "Alice Patrick Mural Fully Restored!". SPARC. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ Nash, Collin (28 November 1991). "Of Pride and Profit : Business: Spawned by a new wave of ethnic consciousness, mom-and-pop outlets for Afrocentric products are proliferating.". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ Moffat, Susan (28 December 1992). "Art Gallery Offers Blacks a Nostalgic Brush With the Past". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ↑ "Alice Patrick". Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
External links
- Saving Alice Patrick's 'Women Do Get Weary, but They Never Give Up.' (Video)
- Dramatization of "Women Do Get Weary (but They Don't Give Up) - Video