Description
Julia Bergman, 64, talks with her research partner Will Maynez, 63, about their work and research in the Diego Rivera Mural Project.Subject Log / Time Code
WM describes some of the themes behind the mural; how it was a union of the North American countries
WM & JB describe a research trip to Mexico where they found out the history behind the ‘666’ matchbook
WM talks about how the mural is alive for him and Julia
WM & JB talk about how their work on the mural project has changed their life
JB & WM each describe their favorite part of the mural
Participants
- Julia Bergman
- William Maynez
Venue / Recording Kit
Tier
Partnership
Partnership Type
OutreachInitiatives
Keywords
- 666 symbols
- affairs
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- archives
- Art and Action
- art on the continent
- Artifacts
- artist assistants
- bad guys
- Bay Bridge
- Bernard Zakheim
- Bridges
- Center for Pan-American Unity
- changing lives
- Chicanos
- cigarettes
- City College of San Francisco
- cold remedies
- Collections
- college
- construction
- Curriculum
- deYoung Museum
- Diego Rivera
- Diego Rivera Mural Project
- favorite part of murals
- figures
- Francesca Pique
- frescos
- Frida Kahlo
- Golden Gate Bridge
- Helen Crlenkovich
- Herman Volz
- Historians
- historical events/people
- Hitler
- Influential People
- joy of working together
- libraries
- Lupe Rivera
- Masha Zakheim
- matchbooks
- mathematics
- mexico
- Milton Fluger
- Mona Hoffman
- mural technicians
- murals
- North American countries
- original sources
- Passions
- PBS
- personal experiences
- Perspectives
- preserving history
- primary materials
- Raleigh brand of cigarettes
- real people
- research trips
- Rick Rodrigues
- Roger Baird
- Rosenberg Library
- San Francisco Bay Area
- sculptures
- self-esteem
- Sistine Chapen
- social beliefs and practices
- stewards
- syphilis
- The emerging woman in the 1940s
- The History Detectives
- Thelma Johnson Street
- Timothy Fluger
- Treasure Island
- woman’s status
- Women
- WWII