Honoring Community Muralist William Walker’s Legacy In Chicago


Honoring Community Muralist William Walker’s Legacy In Chicago
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In honor of Black History Month, we are taking a look into Chicago’s most significant African American figures.
Reset discusses black Chicagoan William Walker, who helped launch the community mural movement in the U.S., and his impact on Chicago and beyond.
GUESTS: Jeff Huebner, author of Walls of Prophecy and Protest: William Walker and the Roots of a Revolutionary Public Art Movement
Monica Trinidad, queer Latinx artist, organizer and co-founder of For the People Artists Collective
Bernard Williams, Chicago muralist and member of Chicago Public Art Group
John Weber, public artist and co-founder of Chicago Public Art Group