In September 2022, SPMMMV received a $471,670 Save America’s Treasures Collections Grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services in partnership with the National Park Service. The matching grant makes conservation of the nine murals possible as well as repair as needed to previously conserved murals, the design of a climate control system and scaffolding.
Every member of the Vanka Murals community can help us make the most of this opportunity with their contribution starting in October 2022.
NEXTpittsburgh (October 11, 2022) – At one time the blackened, soot-stained skies of Pittsburgh were the promised land for thousands of immigrants. Fleeing poverty, persecution and famine, they ...
90.5 WESA (October 3, 2022) – Art conservation is painstaking work. All the more when the art is painted right onto the interior walls of an active church. That’s the story of Maxo Vanka’s accla...