Alice Patrick
Alice Patrick | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1948 Los Angeles |
| Alma mater | Art Center College of Design, Otis Art Institute |
| Known for | Murals |
Alice Patrick (born 1948) is an 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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- ^ Garay, Olga (7 December 2010). "City of Los Angeles Inter-Departmental Correspondence" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ a b c d e 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. Archived from the original on 7 April 2017. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
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- Otis College of Art and Design alumni
- Sculptors from California
- American women muralists
- African-American painters
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