Hello Julia,

The City of Inglewood, CA led the conservation of Helen Lundeberg's 1940 mural 'History of Transportation' in 2009, through a Getty Foundation conservation planning grant, and support from the Feitelson-Lundeberg Art Foundation. A WPA petro-mosaic work, over 200' long, it had to be re-sited and conserved.  See more about the project at  https://inglewoodpublicart.org/projects/the-history-of-transportation/

Good luck with your efforts.

Helen Lessick

HelenLessick.net

On Tue, 28 Jan 2020 at 08:59, Julia Muney Moore <jmoore@indyarts.org> wrote:

Colleagues--has anyone successfully written grants to major funders for the conservation or restoration of a mural from the 1970s? We have an important (to us) one from 1973 that is now over 50 years old and therefore can be classified as "historic," and wondering if there were any strategies we can pursue to make the restoration happen through historic preservation grants. We've already lined up a donor for half the required funds, if that matters.

What is the overall funding picture for public murals conservation? 

Thanks,

Julia Muney Moore (she/her/hers)

Director of Public Art

Arts Council of Indianapolis

jmoore@indyarts.org

924 N. Pennsylvania St.

Indianapolis, IN  46204

(317) 631-3301 x 240

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