William Walker: Walls of Truth

FAIN: GE-290784-23

Chicago Public Art Group (CHICAGO, IL 60608-7031)
Chantal Healey (Project Director: August 2022 to present)

Planning for a temporary exhibition on the art of Chicago and Black Arts Movement muralist William Walker (1927–2011).

The Chicago Public Art Group (CPAG), in partnership with the Chicago History Museum, requests a $40,000 planning grant for a temporary exhibition featuring William Walker, widely recognized as the founder of the contemporary community mural movement. Tentatively titled "William Walker: Walls of Truth," the exhibition will focus on the significance of the artist’s work in the context of Black liberation struggles of the 1960s and 1970s as well as today’s movements for racial justice.