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Art and power
Ancient Maya murals depict wars, myths, rulers, cultural practices—and archaeological artist Heather Hurst ’97 has been reconstructing and preserving them. Winner of a 2004 MacArthur “genius” grant, Hurst visited Skidmore’s Tang Museum this fall to discuss “Maya Murals: The Art of Power” with fellow panelists Sue Bender, a Skidmore archaeologist who was one of her faculty mentors, and Stephen Houston, a Brown University expert
in Maya iconography and glyphs. The panel, part of the Dunkerley Dialogue series, was held in conjunction with the Tang’s exhibit of Hurst’s mural reconstructions from sites in Bonampak, Mexico, and San Bartolo, Guatemala. Hurst is currently a doctoral candidate at Yale University. —SR
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