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Bridging Cultures Mural Project on display in Potsdam

Posted 3/22/19

POTSDAM -- In collaboration with the "Sewn in Protest: Chilean Aprilleras from the 1970s and '80s" exhibit, world-renowned Chilean artist Francisco Letelier will visit SUNY Potsdam to undertake a …

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Bridging Cultures Mural Project on display in Potsdam

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POTSDAM -- In collaboration with the "Sewn in Protest: Chilean Aprilleras from the 1970s and '80s" exhibit, world-renowned Chilean artist Francisco Letelier will visit SUNY Potsdam to undertake a mural project with 11 SUNY Potsdam students and one St. Lawrence University student, from March 25 to 30.

The "Bridging Cultures Mural Project" has allowed students to work directly with Letelier on a mural that will connect three decades of solidarity and cultural actions in support of human rights and democracy in Chile and Latin America-as well as current issues throughout the Americas.

The unique, weeklong project will have public viewing hours at SUNY Potsdam's Brainerd Hall (in the auditorium across the Gibson Gallery) on Monday, March 25 and Tuesday, March 26 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Letelier will also make a presentation, "Blackboards of the People: Murals and Activism from the Americas," at St. Lawrence University's Griffiths Arts Center, room 123 on Wednesday, March 27 at 7 p.m.

To wrap up the week, there will be a Fiesta back at SUNY Potsdam's Brainerd Hall to celebrate the mural project. The party will be held on Friday, March 29 from 3 to 5 p.m. and the public is welcome to attend.

SUNY Potsdam's Crane Latin Ensemble will perform live music at the event.