Muralist Joe Stephenson presents “Making Murals/Making Community” on Tuesday, Feb. 13, at 5:30 p.m. in the UNM Art Museum.
Stephenson will give a visual tour of community murals he has worked on that span a 25-year career starting in Berkeley, Calif., in the early 1970s. In the 1980s, his career took him to New York City to rebuild and repaint a pair of murals in St. Albans, Queens, and then to Albuquerque in the late 1980s where he has worked on numerous local murals with Working Classroom and other community partners.
The PLACE Program, the Community Service Program of the College of Fine Art, is exploring potential community mural projects this spring and has sought Joe Stephenson to engage in a discussion about the link between making murals and making community.
For more information, contact Michael Certo, 277-7312, or Art Museum.
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