Mapping Arts Project

The Mapping Arts Project maps cities through places where artists have lived and worked historically.

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Orange County

Mapping Arts – Orange County maps murals throughout the area from 1930 to the present.

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Denver

Mapping Arts – Denver maps the city’s cultural arts history from the 1960s – 1980s

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Chicago

Mapping Arts – Chicago maps the city’s social cultures from the 20th century’s Great Black Migration through the present day

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Providence

Mapping Arts – Providence maps 100 years of African diasporic arts history from the 1860s – 1960s

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Miami

Mapping Arts – Miami maps the city’s cultural arts history from the 1920s – 1950s

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A project of Blackbird Arts & Research, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization

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The Mapping Arts Project maps cities through places where artists have lived and worked historically. Each city focuses on a specific time period, and connects artists to places where they lived, worked, or visited through maps, archival photographs and documents, and ethnographic and historical narratives. This is an on-going work in progress, and we invite you to participate in building the Mapping Arts Project.

The project was created by artist and cultural anthropologist Lara Stein Pardo, and is run by Blackbird Arts and Research, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to innovative arts and research projects that connect the arts, history, and the public.

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