ART AND PUBLIC POLICY ALUM MELISSA OLSON COVERS 'UNAPOLOGETICALLY INDIGENOUS' MURAL FOR MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO

Art and Public Policy alum Melissa Olson is a journalist, community archivist and an essayist. Her latest article for Minnesota Public Radio, covers the restoration and preservation of a work of art created by artist George Morrison half a century ago. When creating the mural, Morrison intended for it to be “large scale, in your face, out, and unapologetically Indigenous.” The restoration of the mural is a part of the long-term vision for community development along Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis. 

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https://www.mprnews.org/story/2023/11/03/unapologetically-indigenous-mural-preserved-for-future-generations?fbclid=IwAR0Hd-kDX0vdND2vr1CNQLIu1KUSrKOuq_w8c8RcE9cYnTFQKXX5RfUy1dY