Precita Eyes Muralists Preservation Implentation

FAIN: PG-263403-19

Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Inc. (San Francisco, CA 94110-4133)
Julio Enrique Badel (Project Director: April 2018 to March 2021)

Precita Eyes Muralists Association, Inc. received an NEH Preservation Assistance Grant in 2016 for an assessment of its unique collection of narrative materials, drawings and photographs, documenting over forty years of mural art in San Francisco. Our consultant, Dr. Cornelia Bleul-Gohlke, reviewed the documentation of 540 Precita murals and many others, primarily from the heavily Hispanic Mission District. Over 15,000 individual documents were sorted and partially cataloged. She also reviewed space in our building and the actions needed to house and preserve these materials, including the types of archival storage we would need. We are now requesting funding for shelving and archival storage materials. We are also requesting funding for a consultant to train and work with our staff in determining the ideal storage for existing and future mural documents and methods of inventory for access by scholars. This project will commence January 1, 2019 and run through December 31, 2019.