Art in Action exhibition (Updated six months ago)

Silent, color footage from the Golden Gate International Exposition on Treasure Island in San Francisco (1939/40), produced by Orville C. Goldner. Features scenes from the Art in Action exhibition, including coverage of Diego Rivera and Thelma Johnson Streat working on the Pan American Unity Mural and of various artists demonstrating: sculpture; mosaics; printing; doll making; weaving; pottery and axe carving.

To access more detailed information about Rivera's work on the Pan American Unity Mural, visit City College of San Francisco's The Diego Rivera Mural Project (web link below):

http://www.riveramural.com/

Tags: art in action exhibition, diego rivera, golden gate international exposition 1939/40, orville c. goldner, pan american unity mural, thelma johnson streat

Added to San Francisco Bay Area Television Archive on May 22, 2009.

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Six months ago, Julia Bergman wrote…

Hi Everyone,

We spent a good deal of time trying to verify the identify of the woman shown illustrating the fresco technique: Thelma Johnson Streat OR another assistant, Mine Okubo. The family of TJS could not absolutely say that it was Thelma; Mine wrote in a memoir that she demonstrated the fresco technique when she worked at the Fair...

Six months ago, William E. Maynez wrote…

Thanks for putting this on-line. Note that Diego Rivera adds almost 1/4" of plaster to the plaster substrate that came with the massive steel panels on which the "Pan American Unity" mural is painted. He painted on the last "intonaco" layer.

The mural is open to view about 40 hours a week at City College of SF. Look on our website for current viewing hours and directions.

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Originally aired on: Orville C. Goldner
Date aired: 1939/40
Recording medium: 16mm color silent film
Type of material: Kodachrome amateur film

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