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Title
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Murals with architectural aspects
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Description
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This itemset features student murals from Texas Southern University's Hannah Hall that incorporate aspects of the building's architecture into their designs. The Hannah Hall murals are a collection of more than 80 student murals painted on the walls of Texas Southern University's second-oldest building. Ranging in time from 1951 to 2013, the murals cover a wide variety of subjects, including the Civil Rights Movement, Black power, religion, rural life in Texas, fantasy, and more. The mural program was created by Dr. John T. Biggers, founder of Texas Southern's art department. Dr. Biggers instructed his students to choose their mural placements with the building's architecture in mind, as it was important to him that they not metaphorically "cut a hole in the wall with the painting."
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Curated By
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Ben Schachter
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Contributing Institution
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Texas Southern University
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Identifier
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HCAC.TSU.IS.025
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Rights
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All rights held by the University Museum at Texas Southern. For permission to publish, distribute, or use this image for any other purpose, please contact University Museum, Texas Southern University umuseum@gmail.com Attn: Museum Director. Materials not created by Texas Southern University may still be under copyright. Additional materials may be presented for educational and research purposes in accordance with fair use under United States copyright law.
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About This Record
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