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Interview

Julie Eshelman-Lee

Director of Creole West Productions

LJC (Linda) Shimoda

mural artist

"We the People" mural and Louisiana Purchase Bicentennial Commemoration

• Creation of the mural as commemoration
• History and settlers of the Louisiana Territory
• Effect of Louisiana Purchase on settlers
• Struggles of settlers
• Julie's personal interest in the bicentennial
• Louisiana's observance of the bicentennial
• Education and the Louisiana Purchase
• Optimism and Louisiana culture's view of the Purchase
• Process leading to creation of the mural
• Description of the mural
• "Culture as a river"
• How people understand through art
• Linda's artistic process and influences
• Optimism of the mural as a commemoration