Public Historians at Work
Welcome to “Public Historians at Work,” a podcast series from the Center for Public History at the University of Houston, Texas. Our vision at CPH is to ignite an understanding of our diverse pasts by collaborating with and training historically minded students, practitioners, and the public through community-driven programming and scholarship. In this podcast series, we speak with academics, writers, artists, and community members about what it means to do history and humanities work for and with the public. Check us out at www.uh.edu/CLASS/cph or find us on social media @UHCPHistory. Executive Producer: Dr. Kristina Neumann (kmneuma2@central.uh.edu)
Public Historians at Work
Stories from the Third Ward: Beautifying Third Ward
In this special episode, Ana Girard - a UH graduate student in Art History - relays her interview with Houstonian artist Maya Imani Watson. A prolific artist in multiple mediums, Watson specifically discusses her two mini murals beautifying Third Ward.
This episode was researched and recorded by Ana Girard for the Center for Public History at the University of Houston.
For more on Maya Imani Watson, please see her personal website. http://www.mayaimaniwatson.com/
To see her murals and others in the Third Ward, see the official Mini Mural Program. https://minimurals.org/property_category/third-ward/
To listen to the entire interview with Rev. William Lawson, see the Oral Histories from the Houston History Project through UH Libraries. https://digital.lib.uh.edu/collection/houhistory/item/500
To learn more, see Gil, J. 2019. ‘Remnants of History’: Artists Preserve Third Ward’s Culture through ‘Mini Murals’.' Houston Chronicle.
Music:
FreePD. https://freepd.com/
“Sita’s Song” by Siddharta Corsus. Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC 4.0.
“Prisoner” by Paty and the Cakes (Ana Girard).
“Useless Dreams” by Ketsa. Free Music Archive. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.
The Center for Public History at the University of Houston. https://uh.edu/class/cph