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HAITI ST. TRINITE CATHEDRAL REMOVAL OF WALL PIANTINGS

The stabilization and removal of the celebrated murals at Ste. Trinité Cathedral in Port-au- Prince damaged during January 12 earthquake, 2010 in Haiti.

The Haitian Cutlural Recovery Center (HCRC), with permission for the Episcopal and funded by the Smithsonian Institute contracted wall paintings conservator Viviana Dominguez from ARTCONSERVATIONLA and Rosa Lowinger form Miami and Los Angeles based architectrural conservation firm Rosa Lowinger and Associates.

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Amargosa Opera House

Survey of mural paintings by Marta Becket in Death Valley Junction

Conservation of wall painting. CITY OF SANTA MONICA

"Unbridled" painted by Dave Gordon. The monumental mural was painted 1989 with Keim paints.The conservation project was commissioned by Santa Monica Cultural Affairs Department

Two Murals conserved in Hawaii

Above:"The relationship between man and nature in Old Hawaii" by Jean Charlotte. Located at Leward College in Pearl City. Conserved in 2007 by Viviana Dominguez.

Below: "Golden Valley, Rise and Shine by Betty Ecke", 30 feet long. Thing layers of thin tissue-like hand made paper and silver leaf painted with acrylic. The mural was conserved by Viviana Dominguez

Conservation of Nineteenth Century Wall Paintings- Church in Colmenar de Oreja in the province of Madrid Spain

 Project Directors: Viviana Dominguez - Guillermo Urbano

Santa Maria la Mayor is the main church of a small sixteenth century town in the outskirts of Madrid, Spain. Ulpiano Checa, a well-known nineteenth century artist, painted three 27' x 23' murals in the church depicting San Cristobal and two scenes of the Virgin Mary's life. During the Spanish Civil War, when the stone church was take over by Francisco Franco 's army and turned it into a weapons and munitions storage, the murals were vandalized and the Sand Crinsboal mural was half burned during an attack. In 2007, as part of the churche's restoration, Vivana Dominguez co-directed a team to conserve the three murals under a grant for the Municipality of Madrid.

PHILIPINO TOWN IN LOS ANGELES

Philipino Americans

Mural painting by Eliseo Silva

City of Los Angeles

Removal of graffiti paint

Before and After Conservation Treatment Photographs