Christina Varvi, Conservator at RLA Conservation Associates, takes a close look at the 1965 mural by artist Rita Letendre at CSULB in Long Beach August 13, 2018. The Long Beach Navy Memorial Heritage Association provided a grant to conserve the large 22-by-21 foot mural, which the University Art Museum will undertake with the help of partners at The Getty Conservation Institute and RLA Conservation of Art & Architecture as part of the University Art Museum's Conservation Initiative started in 2014. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
Conservation work began today on the large 22-by-21 foot mural painted by Canadian artist Rita Letendre for the 1965 California International Sculpture Symposium at Cal State Long Beach. Microscopic samples of the paint will be taken to the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles to analyze in preparation to conserve the mural next summer.
The Long Beach Navy Memorial Heritage Association provided a grant to conserve “Sun Forces,” the university announced Friday.
The University Art Museum, in partnership with The Getty Conservation Institute and RLA Conservation of Art & Architecture, will lead the project as the seventh artwork on campus to be restored through its conservation initiative started in 2014.
This fall the museum will release a book titled “Far Sited: 1965 California International Sculpture Symposium,” thanks to funding from Joan Glenn Casares, widow to Kenn Glenn, the sculpture professor who organized the symposium, according to a CSULB representative.
Christina Varvi, Conservator at RLA Conservation Associates, takes a close look at the 1965 mural by artist Rita Letendre at CSULB in Long Beach August 13, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.Michael Doutre, Research Lab Associate at The Getty Conservation Institute, examines the 1965 mural by artist Rita Letendre at CSULB in Long Beach August 13, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.The hands of art conservatives on a scissor lift as they examine the 1965 mural by artist Rita Letendre at CSULB in Long Beach August 13, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.Odile Madden, Senior Scientist at The Getty Conservation Institute, takes a looks at the 1965 mural by artist Rita Letendre at CSULB in Long Beach August 13, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.Odile Madden, Senior Scientist at The Getty Conservation Institute, takes a paint sample from the 1965 mural by artist Rita Letendre at CSULB in Long Beach August 13, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.Odile Madden, Senior Scientist at The Getty Conservation Institute, takes a looks at the 1965 mural by artist Rita Letendre at CSULB in Long Beach August 13, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.Odile Madden, Senior Scientist at The Getty Conservation Institute, takes a photo of part of the 1965 mural by artist Rita Letendre at CSULB in Long Beach August 13, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.Michael Doutre, Research Lab Associate at The Getty Conservation Institute, stands on a scissor lift as he examines the 1965 mural by artist Rita Letendre at CSULB in Long Beach August 13, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.Odile Madden, Senior Scientist at The Getty Conservation Institute, examines the 1965 mural by artist Rita Letendre at CSULB in Long Beach August 13, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.The Long Beach Navy Memorial Heritage Association provided a grant to conserve the large 22-by-21 foot mural, which the University Art Museum will undertake with the help of partners at The Getty Conservation Institute and RLA Conservation of Art & Architecture as part of the University Art Museum’s Conservation Initiative started in 2014 in Long Beach August 13, 2018. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova.
