Alice Patrick Explained

Alice Patrick
Birth Date:1948
Known For:Murals
Birth Place:Los Angeles
Alma Mater:Art Center College of Design, Otis Art Institute

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

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. 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. 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. The mural is approximately nine feet by sixteen feet and is painted in acrylic on stucco. 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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: City of Los Angeles Inter-Departmental Correspondence. 7 December 2010. 30 July 2015. City of Los Angeles. Garay. Olga.
  2. Book: Prigoff, James. Walls of Heritage Walls of Pride: African American Murals. Pomegranate Communications, Inc.. 2000. 0764913395. San Francisco, California. 180, 257. Dunitz. Robin J..
  3. News: A Niche for Beauty : Art: A Westside businessman has opened new avenues to make affordable works by black artists available around the country.. Carr. Elston L.. 9 September 1990. Los Angeles Times. 30 July 2015.
  4. News: Mural Ordinance Public Meeting Period Does Not End Quietly. Fuentes. Ed. 21 February 2012. KCET - National Public Radio. 30 July 2015.
  5. News: Judy Baca: Muralista. https://web.archive.org/web/20131015015004/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/aug/28/opinion/la-oe-morrison-baca-20100828/2. dead. October 15, 2013. Morrison. Patt. 28 August 2010. Los Angeles Times. 30 July 2015.
  6. News: 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.. Kapitanoff. Nancy. 14 March 1993. Los Angeles Times. 30 July 2015.
  7. Web site: Alice Patrick Mural Fully Restored!. 13 July 2013. 30 July 2015. SPARC.
  8. News: Of Pride and Profit : Business: Spawned by a new wave of ethnic consciousness, mom-and-pop outlets for Afrocentric products are proliferating.. Nash. Collin. 28 November 1991. Los Angeles Times. 30 July 2015.
  9. News: Art Gallery Offers Blacks a Nostalgic Brush With the Past. Moffat. Susan. 28 December 1992. Los Angeles Times. 30 July 2015.
  10. Web site: Alice Patrick. 30 July 2015. Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles. 7 April 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170407151215/http://www.muralconservancy.org/artist/alice-patrick. dead.

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