This is the official blog of MURAL (Mainers United for the Rights of Art & Labor). More than 2,500 people have joined our cause via our Facebook page (mainelabormural) and we welcome all who believe in free speech and respect for working Mainers to join our cause.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, June 27, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Friday, June 17, 2011
Press Herald: LePage ordered mural removed sight unseen
Read the article: http://www.pressherald.com/news/lepage-ordered-mural-removed-sight-unseen_2011-06-17.html
Read the stipulation: http://media.kjonline.com/documents/Mural_Stipulation1.pdf
Read the "letter" (which LePage had insisted was a "fax"): http://media.kjonline.com/documents/Anonymous_Letter_Mural1.pdf
Read the stipulation: http://media.kjonline.com/documents/Mural_Stipulation1.pdf
Read the "letter" (which LePage had insisted was a "fax"): http://media.kjonline.com/documents/Anonymous_Letter_Mural1.pdf
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
NY Times interview with Judy Taylor about ongoing legal battle over fate of mural
News notes about the ongoing legal battle now in federal court about the fate of the History of Maine Labor mural seized by Paul LePage.
The New York Times article also includes an interesting interview with mural artist Judy Taylor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/us/07questions.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
The New York Times article also includes an interesting interview with mural artist Judy Taylor.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/07/us/07questions.html?_r=1&emc=eta1
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Friday, May 20, 2011
MURAL HOSTAGE VIGIL, DAY 54.... GOOD MORNING! --- FREE OUR MURAL!!!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120589621357443
LINCOLN COUNTY TOWN HALL MEETING - TONIGHT IN NEWCASTLE!
LINCOLN COUNTY TOWN HALL MEETING - TONIGHT IN NEWCASTLE!
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Maine Sunday Telegram: Kany review visits Judy Taylor's show at Thomas Moser
Daniel Kany's review of Judy Taylor's show at Thomas Moser in Freeport that includes the studies for the History of Maine Labor mural and the group show at Frost Gully Gallery down the street which is owned by Tom Crotty - Taylor's most outspoken critic as well as the Chair of the Freeport Republican Town Council.
MURAL activist Robert Shetterly awarded honorary Doctorate
'A Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree was also awarded to Robert Shetterly, who was recognized by Provost Allen Berger for his “remarkable accomplishments as a painter, as an educator, and as an unfailing and articulate voice for social justice in America.”'
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Check out 'Hard Work to Make Ends Meet, Sunday, May 15, 7 - 8 p.m. in Augusta!
Notice of event: “Hard Work to Make Ends Meet,” Sunday, May 15, 2011, 7 – 8 p.m., at the Unitarian Universalist Community Church, 69 Winthrop St., Augusta. This readers theater performance of the words of late nineteenth century Maine working women is drawn from an 1888 report of the Maine Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics and based on a survey done by the bureau. Poetry and songs are incorporated. Open to all. Donations graciously accepted.
Monday, May 9, 2011
Sunday, May 8, 2011
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