The Mural Project
In early 1996 Executive Director Laura Brun managed and oversaw the relocation of The LAB from its previous location on Divisadero Street in the Western Addition of San Francisco to the Mission District of San Francisco. The relocation to the historic Redstone building was accompanied by an opening project by The LAB in collaboration with visual artist Aaron Noble and the nearby Clarion Alley Mural Project, which resulted in historic murals still visible in the lobby of the Redstone Building, a building which was then and still is occupied by a few dozen worthy nonprofit organizations. The LAB, and Aaron Noble representing the Clarion Alley Mural Project collaborated extensively with all of the building's occupants to agree on the subject matter of the murals, which was originally the site of an historic Labor Union, and the contents of the murals represented that history in addition to the history of the current non-profit occupants. The murals were dedicated in person upon completion by then Mayor Willie Brown, who had a long history with the building. The separate mural entrance to The LAB was created by seminal artist Scott Williams. In Fall 1996, Elisabeth Beaird became the Administrative Director and Laura Brun, the Artistic Director.
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