Friday, January 5, 2024: 1:30 PM-5:30 PM
Lobby, near the Taylor Street exit (Hilton Union Square)
Tour Leaders: Gray Brechin, Living New Deal; Robert W. Cherny, San Francisco State University; Sharon Ann Musher, Stockton University; and Lone Yap Jr., George Washington High School Alumni Association and Directors Guild of America.
The tour will appeal to attendees interested in New Deal art and the role that historians play in contextualizing controversial art. A tour bus will take participants to Works Progress Administration art sites including the former Rincon Annex post office; the Maritime Museum, built as a bathhouse for Aquatic Park; and the Beach Chalet, a restaurant originally operated by the city park commission. The tour guides are experts on New Deal mural art as well as participants in the 2019–22 controversy over New Deal murals at the George Washington High School. They will explore the roles of historians in unpacking historical controversies for general audiences during session 85 (p. xx), scheduled before the tour.
Please note: The tour will travel by bus. Each of the mural sites is a historic building that has been retrofitted for ADA compliance.
Limit 20 people. $45 members, $50 nonmembers
Session Abstract
Tour Leaders: Gray Brechin, Living New Deal; Robert W. Cherny, San Francisco State University; Sharon Ann Musher, Stockton University; and Lone Yap Jr., George Washington High School Alumni Association and Directors Guild of America.
The tour will appeal to attendees interested in New Deal art and the role that historians play in contextualizing controversial art. A tour bus will take participants to Works Progress Administration art sites including the former Rincon Annex post office; the Maritime Museum, built as a bathhouse for Aquatic Park; and the Beach Chalet, a restaurant originally operated by the city park commission. The tour guides are experts on New Deal mural art as well as participants in the 2019–22 controversy over New Deal murals at the George Washington High School. They will explore the roles of historians in unpacking historical controversies for general audiences during session 85 (p. xx), scheduled before the tour.
Please note: The tour will travel by bus. Each of the mural sites is a historic building that has been retrofitted for ADA compliance.
Limit 20 people. $45 members, $50 nonmembers
