Adair Mural Project

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Original Title: Adair Mural Project
Date: c. 1983
Creator: John T. Biggers See all items with this value
Description: This sketch by John Biggers is part of his planning process for his mural in Christia V. Adair Park, named for an iconic Houston civil rights activist. As part of this project, Biggers also designed a pavilion to contain this mural, drawing inspiration from the homes of the Dogon people of Mali. The mural itself features scenes from Adair's life interspersed with Biggers's own Afrocentric iconography.
Primary Subject: 1900-1999 See all items with this value; HBCU leadership See all items with this value; Civil Rights Movement See all items with this value; Art See all items with this value
Additional Subject: African diaspora; Afrocentrism; Black art; Desegregation; Faculty; Suffrage
Location: Christia V. Adair Park; Houston; Texas; United States
Type: Print
Medium: pencils on paper
Measurements: 16 3/8 x 22 1/4 in
Format: JPEG
HBCU Identifier: pc149
HCAC Identifier: HCAC.TSU.0023
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Contributing Institution: Texas Southern University
Collection: Permanent Collection See all items with this value

Item sets: Art; Texas Southern University Collections; University Museum at Texas Southern Permanent Collection