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Title
Visible Surface Mural Works : Santa Rosa Caltrans freeway murals ; three of the first in California
Creator
Curtis, James D
Date Created and/or Issued
2008
Publication Information
Community Media Center of Santa Rosa
Contributing Institution
Sonoma County Library
Collection
Visual Arts of Sonoma County
Rights Information
Copyrighted. Rights are owned by James D. Curtis. Copyright Holder has given Sonoma County Library permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user. Additional information <a href="https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer'>here</a>
Description
Detailed view of three murals located beneath Highway 101 and Highway 12 near downtown Santa Rosa that were created in 1979-1986 by James D. "Jim" Curtis, with the help of Thomas M. Hall, Mike Finch, Lewis Billy and many others. The murals include "An Appreciation of Luther Burbank" (5th Street underpass, 1979), "Energy" (The Olive Park Neighborhood) (Olive Street underpass, 1981) and "The Endangered Species Welcome the Humans" (Ninth Street underpass, 1986).
Type
moving image
Format
documentary film
Identifier
9239b031-08b5-41f6-9659-3715675df756
https://digital.sonomalibrary.org/documents/detail/504359
https://images.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/thumbnails/preview/9239b031-08b5-41f6-9659-3715675df756
cstr_vid_000038
Language
English
Subject
Underpasses
Mural painting and decoration
United States
California
Sonoma
Santa Rosa
Relation
Visual Arts of Sonoma County

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