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Siqueiros Online Video Stream

ByMark Vallen

Online streaming videos are now available for Siqueiros: The Art of Censorship, a recent speakers forum about David Alfaro Siqueiros, his murals, Los Angeles history, and public art. Held November 9th, 2006, at the Los Angeles Times Harry Chandler Auditorium, the forum was produced by CauseConnect and attended by some 300 persons.

Speakers included Luis Garza—the instigator behind the future exhibition Legacy & Legend: Siqueiros & America Tropical-Censorship Defied, Judith F. Baca—muralist and founder of SPARC (the Social and Public Art Resource Center in Venice, California), William F. Deverell—director of the Huntington/USC Institute on California and the West, Suzanne Muchnic—Los Angeles Times art writer, and Patt Morrison—writer and columnist. Please view The Art of Censorship videos here…  Part 1, Part 2, Part 3.

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