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Selections
from the Permanent Collection:
Art
of the "New Deal"
Tuesday,
September 27 - Thursday, November 17, 2005
Public
Reception: Tuesday, September 27, 6-8 p.m.
Special
Programs: Gallery open 6 - 8 p.m., lectures begin at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, November 1, 7 p.m., in the Gallery.
"The WPA and Civilian Conservation Corps in the
Quad Cities"
Gallery Talk: Jeff Hancks
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Jeff
Hancks, Professor of Regional Studies and University Archivist
at Western Illinois University's Malpass Library, and Rock Island
native, will speak about the WPA's extensive and varied activities
in the Quad City area. Special attention will be paid to the
construction of Rock Island's Black Hawk State Park by the Civilian
Conservation Corps. Attendees should gain a new understanding
of and appreciation for the WPA (Works Progress Administration)
and its role in the development of the region.
Tuesday,
November 8, 7 p.m., in the Gallery.
"The Federal Art Project and the American Scene"
Gallery Walk: George Mavigliano.
Western
Illinois University alumnus (1964) and professor emeritus at
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, George Mavigliano
is the author of "The Federal Art Project in Illinois,"
Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1990. He will
offer insights regarding subject matter demands and the creativity
of the artist during this extraordinary period of American Art
under Governmental patronage.
Monday,
November 14, 7 p.m. in the Gallery.
"Relief and Recovery Without Strings: The New Deal in
McDonough County, Illinois"
Slide lecture by David M. Atkinson.
David
Atkinson is the author of "Relief and Recovery Without
Strings: The New Deal in McDonough County, Illinois, 1933-1940,"
a Master of Arts Degree Thesis (1999) in the Department of History
in the Graduate School of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Mr. Atkinson will discuss various New Deal programs and projects
that assisted and benefited the citizens and towns of McDonough
County, Illinois. Projects range from architectural projects,
such as shelter houses at Glenwood Park and Spring Lake State
Park, the Girl Scout Camp at Spring Lake to tree plantings at
Argyle Lake State Park to road construction projects throughout
the county. By special arrangement with the McDonough County
Historical Society.
Tuesday,
November 15, 7 p.m. In the Gallery.
"The New Deal at Western Illinois State Teachers College"
Slide
lecture: David M. Atkinson.
Mr.
Atkinson will present an overview of the various programs
and projects that benefited the students and the University
during the Great Depression. Some of the projects include
the construction of the Laboratory School, (presently Simpkins
Hall,) art and theatre, and student assistance.
Apple Harvest
by Gregory
Orloff,
oil on canvas, 38 x 32", 1934
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An
exhibition of artworks from the New Deal era from the
Western Illinois University Art Gallery Permanent Collection.
This was the first major era of government patronage
for art in the United States.
The
exhibit includes works by Gertrude Abercrombie, Macena
Barton, Charles Biesel, Fred Biesel, Aaron Bohrod, Howard
Langdon Brown, Elizabeth Colwell, Vincent D'Agostino,
Emil Jacques Grumieaux, Kalman Edward Himmel, J. Theodore
Johnson, Anne Michalov, Archibald J. Motley, Jr., Hester
Miller Murray, Helen Noel, Margrette Oatway, Pablo O'Higgins,
Gregory Orloff, Anton Rogalski, Romolo Roberti, Cornelius
C. Sampson, John F. Stenvall, Paul Stoddard, Charles
M. Turzak, Robert White, and Ellsworth Young.
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