SELECTED IMAGES FROM THE EXHIBITION

RECOMMENDED READING

RECOMMENDED LINKS

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Sponsored by The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation, American Express Company, and The Bay and Paul Foundations. Also supported by New York Council for the Humanities, a state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities

Explore an online version of a recent National Archives and Records Administration exhibition of New Deal art.
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/new_deal_for_the_arts/

Many works of art in this exhibition have been conserved. In the 1980s conservators removed layers of paint from James Brooks’ mural Flight at the Marine Air Terminal, revealing the largest mural painted under the direction of the WPA and an early work by an important American artist. Learn more about conservation and restoration at answers.com.
http://www.answers.com/topic/art-conservation-and-restoration

Inspiring Art, Inspiring America showcases many printmaking techniques including woodcut, lithography, and silkscreen. Learn more about these processes with the Museum of Modern Art’s interactive website.
http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/2001/whatisaprint/flash.html

Interested in going on your own WPA treasure hunt? This Syracuse University web site includes a thorough listing of extent WPA murals and sculptures in New York State.
http://lsb.syr.edu/projects/wpafolder/nyartlist.html