Tag Archives: Mural conservation

Mural Conservation Treatments and Historic Preservation Studies Discover Important Italian Artwork and History In The Garda Lake Area

Posted on June 24, 2021 by Scott M. Haskins

This article has been syndicated at www.NewsReleaseWire.com/257855 What does it mean to be syndicated? See end of article. Magical murals are being discovered from the early 1600s in northern Italy that are an amazing example of the genius of illusion … Continue reading →

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Lost Post Office WPA Mural Found, Restored, and Installed in San Francisco Bay Museum

Posted on April 9, 2021 by Scott M. Haskins

WPA mural saved, preserved, restored and installed in Bay Area museum. Chat with Fine Art Conservation Laboratories about your art. Continue reading →

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Richmond Industrial City, 1941 WPA Mural Conservation

Posted on November 9, 2020 by Scott M. Haskins

This important public art mural was painted in oil on canvas and adhered to a wall in 1941 as a WPA project by Victor Arnautoff, the artistic director of the extensive murals at Coit Tower in nearby San Francisco and … Continue reading →

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Caw Caw Blues

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Scott M. Haskins

This story about country music legend Guy Clark seemed too weird to pass up telling you about…This macabre bronze statue of a crow (raven?) doesn’t have anything to do with the really interesting (and magnificent, actually) saving efforts of the … Continue reading →

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Mural Restoration Experts From FACL Conserve Longest Mural in USA, Located in Grand Prairie, Dallas, Texas

Posted on March 8, 2020 by Scott M. Haskins

One of the biggest works of art in the USA is right here in Grand Prairie, in plain view. In fact, you may have driven past it and not really known much about this iconic public work of art in … Continue reading →

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WPA Murals On US Postage Stamps A Weird Idea

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Scott M. Haskins

As you read this, our team is working to preserve and restore an “environmental mural” painted on the side of a freeway that is 1/2 mile long!!! (not the freeway, the mural!) in Grand Prairie, Texas (Dallas – more on … Continue reading →

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Preservation Houston Award for Mural Conservation Treatments of Historic National Treasure in 2020

Posted on February 20, 2020 by Scott M. Haskins

The restoration of the John Biggers mural at the Blue Triangle Community Center in Houston Texas received the Good Brick Award for excellence in historic preservation. The mural conservation treatments by Fine Art Conservation Laboratories, which saved the badly damaged … Continue reading →

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Mural Conservation of The Contribution of Negro Women in American Life and Education – A National Treasure in Houston, TX

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Scott M. Haskins

This amazing public art, painted in the South in 1953, addresses the several, then, unpopular themes of women’s rights, equality of rights for all races including access to public education, freedom of speech, land ownership. “The Contribution of Negro Women … Continue reading →

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Is Street Art Worth Saving? A Conundrum! International mastermind group debates mural and art conservation issues

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Scott M. Haskins

Is Street Art Worth Saving? A Conundrum! International mastermind group debates mural and art conservation issues for contemporary art murals in public places By Scott M. Haskins, Art Conservator  Trying to conserve, as a general idea, contemporary street art has … Continue reading →

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Mural Restoration Expert Appointed by the City of Los Angeles

Posted on June 14, 2017 by Scott M. Haskins

Public Art Division – Dept. of Cultural Affairs City of Los Angeles Art Collection Appoints Fine Art Conservation Laboratories as Painting and Mural Restoration and Public Art Conservation Experts The art conservation, art restoration and maintenance of murals and public … Continue reading →

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