{"id":1645,"date":"2012-01-13T16:28:54","date_gmt":"2012-01-13T20:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/?p=1645"},"modified":"2012-01-13T16:28:54","modified_gmt":"2012-01-13T20:28:54","slug":"update-from-our-fulbright-scholar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/?p=1645","title":{"rendered":"Update from our Fulbright Scholar"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_1649\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1649\" style=\"width: 251px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/files\/2012\/01\/images.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1649\" title=\"images\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/files\/2012\/01\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"201\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judy Baca, &quot;Concepcion de Ataco&quot;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rachel Heidenry, &#8217;11,<\/strong> received a Fulbright Fellowship to study murals in El Salvador.\u00a0 She recently emailed an update: &#8220;I split my time between San Salvador, the westernized capital, and Suchitoto, a small town about two hours north. In San Salvador, I tend to hop on the bus with my camera concealed in my backpack and head to spots where I know murals are. Once there, I photograph the murals from every angle and ask whoever I can for information. Often I just come across sprayed or painted walls, mostly graffiti or tags, documenting them through photography without knowing too much about their origins. In Suchitoto, life is much more laid-back. Based at the Centro Arte para la Paz (<a href=\"http:\/\/capsuchitoto.org\/en\/\">http:\/\/capsuchitoto.org\/en\/<\/a>), I taught two drawing classes twice a week from October-December. One group was of young women, incredibly patient and eager to learn. The other was a mix of 10-12 yr olds (mostly boys) who struggled to draw for 2 hours without also practicing wrestling moves. Either way, it was a lot of fun and we ended the year with a final exhibition of students&#8217; self-portraits while feasting on chocolate-carmel donuts.<\/p>\n<p>So far, I have photographed over 300 painted walls, including fine art murals, community murals, graffiti, tags, advertisements, and political propaganda. I&#8217;ve conducted 3 formal interviews with established Salvadoran muralists, helping one get a commission to paint in Suchitoto. Informally, I have had countless conversations with Salvadorans about art and memory, finding support in my research and ideas. I also had the opportunity to design and paint a mural with a group of youth in Copapayo for the anniversary of the town&#8217;s massacre. This is just a little update to share with you all. I&#8217;m leaving out the countless pupusas, latin dance classes, and sponge-bob pi\u00f1atas, but it is still a taste of my daily life and research. Also, please look at my photography blog (<a href=\"http:\/\/rheidenry.wordpress.com\/\">rheidenry.wordpress.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Heidenry, &#8217;11, received a Fulbright Fellowship to study murals in El Salvador.\u00a0 She recently emailed an update: &#8220;I split my time between San Salvador, the westernized capital, and Suchitoto, a small town about two hours north. In San Salvador, I tend to hop on the bus with my camera concealed in my backpack and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alumni"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1645"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1676,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1645\/revisions\/1676"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bard.edu\/arthistory\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}