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Big Deal! WPA Art from the New Mexico Museum of Art Collection
March 7 - May 18, 2008
Reception March 7, 2008
<img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/pietown_5a.jpg align=center border=1 vspace=10 hspace=5 alt="Russell Lee's Pie Town photos are one example of New Deal Art from the 1940's">
<img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/pietown_4a.jpg align=right border=1 vspace=10 hspace=5 alt="The citizens of Pie Town were immortalized in Lee's photos.">Big Deal! Works from the New Mexico Museum of Art Collection Produced with Support from New Deal Art Programs presents works produced in New Mexico with support from federal government art programs in the 1930s and 1940s.
The Governor's Gallery is pleased to be presenting Big Deal! WPA Art from the Museum of Art Collection. This exhibition will present a selection of artwork produced by New Mexico artists and supported through federal arts projects during the 1930s and 1940s. Curated by Joseph Traugott, Ph.D. Curator of Twentieth Century Art at the New Mexico Museum of Art this exhibition will be on view to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of these federally funded construction, art and culture programs that would eventually become known as the Works Progress Administration.
Many people associate public murals, such as Will Shuster's frescoes in the new Mexico Museum of Art courtyard, with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal art programs. What many are unaware of is that artists were also hired to make easel paintings, small scale sculpture and documentary photography. These federal programs ameliorated the impact of the Great Depression and paid more than 160 New Mexico artists to create works of art that were displayed in public venues.
Native American, Hispanic, and European American artists produced art in New Mexico with the support of Works Progress Administration programs. The New Mexico Museum of Art collection now holds many examples of art produced between 1934 and 1943 through these New Deal government programs supporting the visual arts. Drawing form the museum's collection artists included in this exhibition include Kenneth Adams, Patrocinio Barela, Emil Bisttram, E. Boyd, Manville Chapman, John C. Collier, Regina Tatum Cooke, Jack Delano, Fremont Ellis, William Penhallow Henderson, Velino Shije Herrera (also known as Ma Pe Wi), Zena Kavin, Gene Kloss, Russell Lee, Bill Lumpkins, James Stovall Morris, and Will Shuster. These publicly owned artworks are on long term loan to the museum from the U.S. General Services Administration.
<img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/pietown_3a.jpg align=left border=1 vspace=10 hspace=5 alt="The Pie Town kids in this photo who are still alive are now in their 70's and 80's.">The museum collections contain a group of 326 photographs made by John C. Collier, Jack Delano, and Russell Lee who were supported by the Farm Security Administration. Their works documented rural and industrial life in New Mexico. The largest group include 83 photographs of Pie Town, New Mexico, a poor, homesteading community in the west central part of the state.
The exhibition was curated by Joseph Traugott, Ph.D.Curator of Twentieth Century Art at the New Mexico Museum of Art
The opening reception will be hosted by the Women's Board of the Museum of New Mexico from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. on June 29, 2007 in the Governor's Gallery, State Capitol Building, 4th floor.
The Governor's Gallery is an outreach facility of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Department of Cultural Affairs. Clara Apodaca, former First Lady of New Mexico (1975-1978), founded the gallery in 1975. The Governor's Gallery presents an average of six exhibitions per year, including the annual Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts. The exhibits are selected by the gallery curator in coordination with the Museum of Fine Arts and the Office of the First Lady.
Information for the Public:
The Governor's Gallery is located on the 4th floor of the State Capitol at the corner of Old Santa Fe Trail and Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe, NM. For more information call 505-476-5072 or visit www.mfasantafe.org (http://www.mfasantafe.org/).
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Admission: Free.
<img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/pietown_1a.jpg align=center border=1 vspace=10 hspace=5 alt="Thanks to Lee, the Pie Town of the 1940's will never be completely gone.">
March 7 - May 18, 2008
Reception March 7, 2008
<img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/pietown_5a.jpg align=center border=1 vspace=10 hspace=5 alt="Russell Lee's Pie Town photos are one example of New Deal Art from the 1940's">
<img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/pietown_4a.jpg align=right border=1 vspace=10 hspace=5 alt="The citizens of Pie Town were immortalized in Lee's photos.">Big Deal! Works from the New Mexico Museum of Art Collection Produced with Support from New Deal Art Programs presents works produced in New Mexico with support from federal government art programs in the 1930s and 1940s.
The Governor's Gallery is pleased to be presenting Big Deal! WPA Art from the Museum of Art Collection. This exhibition will present a selection of artwork produced by New Mexico artists and supported through federal arts projects during the 1930s and 1940s. Curated by Joseph Traugott, Ph.D. Curator of Twentieth Century Art at the New Mexico Museum of Art this exhibition will be on view to mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of these federally funded construction, art and culture programs that would eventually become known as the Works Progress Administration.
Many people associate public murals, such as Will Shuster's frescoes in the new Mexico Museum of Art courtyard, with Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal art programs. What many are unaware of is that artists were also hired to make easel paintings, small scale sculpture and documentary photography. These federal programs ameliorated the impact of the Great Depression and paid more than 160 New Mexico artists to create works of art that were displayed in public venues.
Native American, Hispanic, and European American artists produced art in New Mexico with the support of Works Progress Administration programs. The New Mexico Museum of Art collection now holds many examples of art produced between 1934 and 1943 through these New Deal government programs supporting the visual arts. Drawing form the museum's collection artists included in this exhibition include Kenneth Adams, Patrocinio Barela, Emil Bisttram, E. Boyd, Manville Chapman, John C. Collier, Regina Tatum Cooke, Jack Delano, Fremont Ellis, William Penhallow Henderson, Velino Shije Herrera (also known as Ma Pe Wi), Zena Kavin, Gene Kloss, Russell Lee, Bill Lumpkins, James Stovall Morris, and Will Shuster. These publicly owned artworks are on long term loan to the museum from the U.S. General Services Administration.
<img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/pietown_3a.jpg align=left border=1 vspace=10 hspace=5 alt="The Pie Town kids in this photo who are still alive are now in their 70's and 80's.">The museum collections contain a group of 326 photographs made by John C. Collier, Jack Delano, and Russell Lee who were supported by the Farm Security Administration. Their works documented rural and industrial life in New Mexico. The largest group include 83 photographs of Pie Town, New Mexico, a poor, homesteading community in the west central part of the state.
The exhibition was curated by Joseph Traugott, Ph.D.Curator of Twentieth Century Art at the New Mexico Museum of Art
The opening reception will be hosted by the Women's Board of the Museum of New Mexico from 4:00 to 6:00 P.M. on June 29, 2007 in the Governor's Gallery, State Capitol Building, 4th floor.
The Governor's Gallery is an outreach facility of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Department of Cultural Affairs. Clara Apodaca, former First Lady of New Mexico (1975-1978), founded the gallery in 1975. The Governor's Gallery presents an average of six exhibitions per year, including the annual Governor's Awards for Excellence in the Arts. The exhibits are selected by the gallery curator in coordination with the Museum of Fine Arts and the Office of the First Lady.
Information for the Public:
The Governor's Gallery is located on the 4th floor of the State Capitol at the corner of Old Santa Fe Trail and Paseo de Peralta in Santa Fe, NM. For more information call 505-476-5072 or visit www.mfasantafe.org (http://www.mfasantafe.org/).
Hours: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Admission: Free.
<img src=http://steppinoutnewmexico.com/images/pietown_1a.jpg align=center border=1 vspace=10 hspace=5 alt="Thanks to Lee, the Pie Town of the 1940's will never be completely gone.">