San Diego Opera Enlists Occupy Oakland Artist

This is simply fantastic. To promote a San Diego Opera production of Aida, media relations director Edward Wilensky has the benefit of a most unusual PR partner: Occupy Oakland image-maker R. Black.

Per a report by U-T San Diego music and art critic James Chute, the above image is the beginning of a beautiful 2012-13 season friendship. All sparked by Wilensky’s eagle eye and-or fine-tuned Google News alerts:

In several Occupy-related interviews, when asked what he wanted to do next, Black said he wanted to design an opera poster.

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