Alice Patrick

Alice Patrick
Born	1948 Los Angeles
Alma mater	Art Center College of Design, Otis Art Institute
Known for	Murals

Alice Patrick (born 1948) is an American muralist and sculptor. Her murals are recognized by the City of Los Angeles as the first painted within the city by an African-American woman.[1]

Biography

Patrick was born and raised in Los Angeles where she studied first at the Art Center College of Design and later at the Otis Art Institute.[2] She is also a former elementary school art teacher.[3]

Work

Patrick was part of the Citywide Mural Project in Los Angeles.[2] She painted in South Los Angeles,[4] however, her mural of historic women in Black History, completed in the mid-1970s, was destroyed soon after its completion.[2] One of her later murals, "Women Do Get Weary (but They Don't Give Up" (1991) was sponsored by the Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC).[5] The mural shows images of Mary McCleod Bethune, Dorothy Height, Oprah Winfrey, Josephine Baker and others.[6] Patrick painted herself into the mural as well.[2] The mural is approximately nine feet by sixteen feet and is painted in acrylic on stucco.[2] In 2013, the mural underwent restoration by SPARC in order to fix the peeling paint and faded colors.[7]

In the 1990s Patrick was selling limited edition prints of activists involved in the civil rights movement.[8] Cooper's Originals, a gallery in Los Angeles, helped promote her work, marketing her reproductions.[9] Later, she opened her own gallery called Aliceland, which she ran for ten years.[10]

References

1. Garay, Olga (7 December 2010). "City of Los Angeles Inter-Departmental Correspondence" (PDF). City of Los Angeles. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
2. Prigoff, James; Dunitz, Robin J. (2000). Walls of Heritage Walls of Pride: African American Murals. San Francisco, California: Pomegranate Communications. pp. 180, 257. ISBN 0764913395. OCLC 43631621.
3. Carr, Elston L. (9 September 1990). "A Niche for Beauty : Art: A Westside businessman has opened new avenues to make affordable works by black artists available around the country". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
4. Fuentes, Ed (21 February 2012). "Mural Ordinance Public Meeting Period Does Not End Quietly". KCET - National Public Radio. Archived from the original on 25 September 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
5. Morrison, Patt (28 August 2010). "Judy Baca: Muralista". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
6. Kapitanoff, Nancy (14 March 1993). "Street Gallery Works : A slide presentation and a tour will both emphasize women muralists and the many images they've made on the walls of Los Angeles". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
7. "Alice Patrick Mural Fully Restored!". Social and Public Art Resource Center. 13 July 2013. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
8. Nash, Collin (28 November 1991). "Of Pride and Profit : Business: Spawned by a new wave of ethnic consciousness, mom-and-pop outlets for Afrocentric products are proliferating". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 8 June 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
9. Moffat, Susan (28 December 1992). "Art Gallery Offers Blacks a Nostalgic Brush With the Past". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
10. "Alice Patrick". Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles. Archived from the original on 25 September 2024. Retrieved 30 July 2015.

External links

• Saving Alice Patrick's 'Women Do Get Weary, but They Never Give Up.' (Video)
• Dramatization of "Women Do Get Weary (but They Don't Give Up) - Video