6 10 1402 https://openvalley.org/files/original/6b440e465566cefba4deb5f345902be4.jpg 79bbe4cfca8bf81ce6c49a3aae3c0a03 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Drawings on letter paper. Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8.5" x 11" Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource African Past, Migrant Present Floor Plan Proposals Description An account of the resource As with designing anything, African Past, Migrant presents went through many iterations before one design was settled on. While all of these plans may look similar, each calls attention to different details or aspects of the gallery and show the care taken in putting together and exhibit that reflected well the migrant works being displayed in it. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource McCarthy, John Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Geneseo Migrant Center Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wilson, Sawyer Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg African Past, Migrant Present Geneseo Migrant Center https://openvalley.org/files/original/419c5d39f23d59589f4106dfd8081509.pdf 12c43b5f304073110eb1c076574d12b5 https://openvalley.org/files/original/79eee5fed54aabd7a811c3fa7f1e832a.jpg 42c2ffb78b92dc8569e1b6fad792aae8 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Printed program Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 24 pp, 5.5 x 8.5 in Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource African Past: Migrant Present Description An account of the resource This program accompanied a wide-ranging gallery show created by the Geneseo Migrant Center's Folk Arts Program in 1986. Its focus was that seasonal farm workers from the American South, Haiti, Puerto Rico, and Jamaica "share common roots, a journey begun long ago in the passage from Africa. But the journey continues." The exhibition, comprised of nearly a hundred objects, divided them into "These Voices, These Faces" (about African Americans and focusing upon verbal arts) and "The Journey Continues" (about more recent immigrants and focusing upon the visual arts). Perhaps these decisions were driven by the available materials, but there also was an anthropological framing: "The artists themselves are not necessarily aware of these influences in their work. They often practice their art simply because they love it, or for pragmatic reasons such as making needed bed covers." Yale University art professor Robert Farris Thompson delivered a lecture in conjunction with the gallery show. "African Past: Migrant Present" later went on to exhibition at Museum of African and African-American Art (Buffalo, 1986), the Diego Rivera Museum (Buffalo, 1986), and the 17th Eastern Stream Conference on the Education of Migrant Children (Philadelphia, 1987). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Twining, Mary Arnold Roark-Calnek, Sue Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Geneseo Migrant Center Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Creative Artists Migrant Program Services collection, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource pdf, 14.9 MB Creative Artists Migrant Program Services Gallery Geneseo Migrant Center migrant art https://openvalley.org/files/original/856f7edc11d9d256be5a9c58505414aa.jpg b160d9823c1b9c70bb951d588f44191f Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photograph Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Afternoon in Central Park Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Myers,Jerome, 1867-1940 Description An account of the resource Myers, Jerome. (1867-1940) Born in Petersburg, VA, and traveling to New York City at age eighteen, Myers knew poverty at first hand. He took art classes when he was able at the Art Students League and Cooper Union, but was largely self-taught and perhaps motivated more by a desire to render the city honestly—an aesthetic that had much in common with the so-called “Ashcan School” of American realism of the early twentieth century. But Myers’ own familiarity with the working class, wrote Harry Wickey, meant that his subject matter “was approached from the standpoint neither of the artist, tourist, or one who was out to expose the conditions under which these people lived. He sought out the life these quarters had to offer and it transformed itself into a thing of beauty as it passed through him” (<a href="https://archive.org/stream/jeromemyersmemor00whit#page/n1">Jerome Myers Memorial Exhibition 3</a>). Widespread fame eluded Myers during his lifetime, but his paintings are held by dozens of museums, among them: 9 works at<a href="https://americanart.si.edu/artist/jerome-myers-3479"> Smithsonian American Art Museum</a>; 11 works at<a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search#!?q=%22jerome%20myers%22&perPage=20&searchField=All&sortBy=relevance&offset=0&pageSize=0"> Metropolitan Museum of Art</a>; 20 works at<a href="https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/artists/193/objects"> Brooklyn Museum</a>; 1 work at<a href="https://www.dia.org/art/collection/object/childrens-theatre-55265"> Detroit Institute of Arts</a>; 1 work at the<a href="https://www.corcoran.org/collection/life-east-side"> Corcoran Collection</a>; 13 works at<a href="https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/list.php?m=o&s=du&oid=1.&f=a&fa=1885"> The Athenaeum</a>. 4 more images at<a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-16-folder-43"> FAP</a>. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Federal Art Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1935-1943 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ramsay, Elizabeth Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New York City W.P.A. Art Project Photography Division 235 East 42nd Street Accessed at:<a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-16-folder-43">https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-16-folder-43</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph of Painting https://openvalley.org/files/original/2751e1c3f17bf50e64efafca55b5be99.jpeg 539bf0f209d7418028f03360bc407299 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Map Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 47 x 61 cm. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Agricultural Map of the State of New York Description An account of the resource Divides the state of New York, as well as neighboring states of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont, into six distinct agricultural zones. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Emmons, E[benezer]., and G. & W. Endicott Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1846 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Geographicus / Wikimedia Commons Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 5.3 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Map Agriculture Endicott, Ebenezer Map New York https://openvalley.org/files/original/8b10ab066446c913ea9a3f0af61a330a.png 9f8143fcb3361fecda8edc05e85be638 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Generative AI image Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource AI Generative Art: Local Democracy Description An account of the resource Librarians at American University describe its AI Generative Art Project as follows: "Every day, members of the AU community borrow books from the library. Each of those books comes with subject headings—short phrases that describe the main topics the book covers, like 'Environmental Policy' or 'African American Poetry'....But instead of simply listing these topics, we’ve built a system that turns them into something new: a single image that reflects the most prominent ideas surfacing across campus. It’s a creative output—but it’s also a research tool." A description of the process can be viewed <a href="https://subjectguides.library.american.edu/c.php?g=1466720&p=10912066" target="_blank" rel="noopener">here</a>. The image here is based upon data for April 13, 2026. It's of particular interest for studies on the art and culture of the New Deal era for a visual style signifying pastness. It presents as a collage between fetishized objects of an earlier era--a manual typewriter, a stump speaker before a large open-air crowd, lots of sepia-tinted paper with words like "Vote"--and mathematical equations, presumably referencing the challenges that democracies face in an era of big data. A reference to Tristan Tzara's Dada Manifesto (January 14, 1918) and a fragmented face suggests manifold identities, albeit viewed from a European Avant-garde perspective.  It's unlikely that viewers casually scrolling through the daily images will invest so much time in analysis; however, millions of appropriated images to "train" the generative AI program are essential for giving prompt generation a coherent, and recognizable style. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource American University Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2026-04-13 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://subjectguides.library.american.edu/c.php?g=1466720&p=10911842" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Generative AI Project</a> CC BY-NC 4.0 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource png, 2.1 MB AI Artificial Intelligence Federal Art Project https://openvalley.org/files/original/992b518e42e958170c107459baad1eb4.png 865623707b87b87b81ce16b9c334b442 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Oil on canvas Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Alice at the New York Public Library Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Champanier, Abram (1896 - 1960) Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Federal Art Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1935-1938 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Collection of the Public Design Commission of the City of New York Photograph by Conservator Denise Whitbeck, Farancz Conservation Studio <a href="https://www.roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu/exhibits/healing-walls-health-art-new-deal-new-york/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Via Roosevelt House, Hunter College</a> Description An account of the resource Abram Champanier was a Polish immigrant who studied at the Art Students League and went on to become a well-regard muralist. During his time at the Federal Art Project he was assigned to create murals at DeWitt Clinton High School and the New York City Parks Department. The image here records one of the sixteen panels he created for the pediatric ward at Gouverneur Hospital, located on the lower east side of Manhattan. It was based upon the Lewis Carroll book Alices Adventures in Wonderland (1865), and begins with Alice and other characters being invited out of a book to visit "another wonderland--New York." Besides the one shown here, with the New York Library's lion sculpture interacting with Alice, there are scenes set on the subway, Liberty Island, and The Empire State Building. One has Alice and her friends flying above the city. By the 1960s Gouverneur Hospital had become outdated and, despite the efforts of preservationists, the building was slated for demolition. A last-ditch effort by the New York City Landmarks Commission and the Art Commission was able to save all but one of the panels, which now are housed in various locations. Source Consulted: Harold Holzer, "Healing Walls: Health and Art in New Deal New York," Roosevelt House Public Policy Center (2022) <a href="https://www.roosevelthouse.hunter.cuny.edu/exhibits/healing-walls-health-art-new-deal-new-york/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Link</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource png, 2.3 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Abram Champanier Alice in Wonderland Federal Art Project Hospital Mural New York https://openvalley.org/files/original/90df73627a534e131dcfc0937b6dd364.jpg 1376f2b5648285c7241ca0fbfa830df5 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 4 x 5 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Allegheny Valley Farm During 1972 Flood Description An account of the resource Beginning June 22, 1972 slow-moving Hurricane Agnes made landfall in New York state and by the next day had deluged Southern Tier communities with heavy rains. Major rivers like the Allegheny, Genesee, and Susquehanna were many feet above flood stage--in some cases rising by seven inches per hour--and several towns declared evacuations. The damage was considerable: bridges, railway lines, businesses, homes, and farms were flooded. Following in a long American tradition, a rapidly published book of photos and descriptions was created to commemorate the event. In this photograph, the caption reads: "An Allegheny valley farm east of Olean was typical of many gutted throughout the Southern Tier." Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available W.H. Greenhow Co. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1972 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Flood: The Southern Tier's June 1972 Disaster: A Pictorial Review (Hornell, NY: 1972) Courtesy of Internet Archive Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 917 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Allegheny River flood of 1972 Hurricane Agnes Olean, NY Watershed https://openvalley.org/files/original/671f3f98c2195bfa730a303dfb76f731.jpg da0db4bfbbd83de451673d720fd16f5a Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Silkscreen poster, via color film copy slide Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Allocations poster Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 800 KB Description An account of the resource The Federal Art Project wasn't simply a relief program; central to its mission was the creation of art for government buildings, schools, libraries, charitable institutions, and hospitals like the one in Mt. Morris. This process was termed Allocations, and is illustrated here in simplified form by the Boston, MA division of the Federal Art Project. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nason, Ben, 1908-1985 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Federal Art Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1938 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, WPA Poster Collection, <a href="https://lccn.loc.gov/98518023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LC-USZC2-5568</a> allocations Federal Art Project Poster Poster Division https://openvalley.org/files/original/dc788bdafc24da570378644acd01c536.jpg c9bf81b7bfae19f3ec8617440aa2c21b https://openvalley.org/files/original/fb5f1d98a3d104ba04d4047ccd594491.jpg 2e14c4392b174247e2fec82330205898 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Postcard Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 3.5 x 5 in. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Along the Beach at Charlotte, NY Description An account of the resource Postcard depicts Lake Ontario Shore looking east toward the mouth of the Genesee River. At left is a sailboat moored at the West Pier; the red-roofed building at upper center may be a resort hotel called the Spencer House. Along the boardwalk and beach we see visitors of all kinds, including a dog. From its beginnings as a resort during the 1870s-80s, Charlotte hosted ever-larger numbers of visitors via train and by 1900 was primarily an amusement park often compared to Coney Island. After annexation of Charlotte in 1916, the resort eventually was torn down due to longstanding concerns about "immoral" behavior--coded language for its numerous saloons. Today the area is known as Ontario Beach Park. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Souvenir Post Card Co. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905-1914 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Courtesy Ken Cooper Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 649 KB jpeg, 276 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Postcard Amusement Park Charlotte, NY Genesee River Lake Ontario Post Card https://openvalley.org/files/original/4b6a468086237e87a283e668cff92f5d.JPG 119951ee11817ab640d2c4acb7cad660 https://openvalley.org/files/original/26a314013296a49e727594c1f0df9725.JPG 091de6c25afc36221093834454981b5e https://openvalley.org/files/original/30b2dd4e977926a02c63dbd27a817a63.jpg 829fee7f451ca88bf5b8988504ab7216 https://openvalley.org/files/original/682c44a047ac22474ef4aa80935db2e8.jpg 84cae16ecdd08e81b0c683d8b166085f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource New Deal Gallery Description An account of the resource This collection of more than 200 paintings owes its existence to two primary causes: allocations from the Federal Art Project to a New York state tuberculosis sanatorium located at Mt. Morris--the landscapes and still lifes were thought to be restful--and to the committed volunteers who helped preserve the paintings after the hospital closed. For several decades the canvases were stored in non-climate-controlled basements; it appears that doctors and staff removed at least three dozen works as "keepsakes." Despite the seeming tranquility of the paintings, they were created by artists primarily from New York City whose background was more political and aesthetically adventurous than this rural location would indicate. <a href="https://openvalley.org/exhibits/show/green-new-deal/about" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Follow this hyperlink to a short introduction to the New Deal Gallery collection</a>. We're grateful to the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts for access to their collection, which has been re-photographed and appears here at two resolutions: a cropped, web-friendly file size of around 1 MB; and a high-resolution file including the painting's frame. Items in this collection were created according to a consistent format: a short description of each painting in formal terms, followed by a biography of each artist. Where possible we have supplied hyperlinks relevant to their lives and to other examples of their art. In order to better view them using the Omeka program, click on the "View All" option at the bottom of this page to access various sorting options. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1935-1940 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken (project director) Ritz, Abigail (photography and project assistant) Additional research: Justin Anderson, Jessica Apthorpe, Jay Bang, Kristopher Bangsil, Julia Caldwell, Sydney Cannioto, Sabrina Chan, Paige Closser, Victoria Domon, Elana Evenden, Yadelin Fernandez, Michael Griffin, Madison Jackson, Niamh McCrohan, Ben Michalak, Ricky Noel, Elizabeth Ramsay, Skye Rose, Samantha Schmeer, John Serbalik, Marianna Sheedy, Emily Spina, Alison Stern, Ravenna VanOstrand, and Nicholas Vanamee. Special thanks to: Deborah Bump, Mark Calicchia, Elizabeth Harris, Melissa Moody, Rebecca Lomuto, and Mai Sato. Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as photograph, map, drawing, painting, etc., and any additional data Oil painting Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 23.5 x 29.5 in. Condition: surface dirt, tack marks, slight peeling and scratches Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource American Farm Description An account of the resource This striking landscape is organized around the single arc of a highway that divides the space into two sectors: above, a brightly lit realm of forests and mountain ridges; below, a shadowed landscape of brown fields, a diseased tree, and a dilapidated farm house. Clearly, the travails of American farmers during the 1930s has influenced Mira’s subject matter. The highway itself is a pristine band of white futurity, guarded on one side by rails and on the other by electric or phone lines (which the farm conspicuously lacks). Improbably, we see three cars on the road along with two people walking alongside; what may be a farmer watches them walk away. About the Artist: Born in Italy, Mira immigrated to the US in 1904. He attended the Art Students League, the Beaux Arts School, and the National Academy of Design, where he studied with <a href="https://americanart.si.edu/artist/ivan-g-olinsky-3620" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ivan Olinsky</a>; his works were exhibited at several Corcoran Museum biennials. As a young man of twenty-two, Mira and a fellow artist named Joseph Perna planned to hitchhike across the United States, painting pictures as they went. They paused in Gettysburg, PA, to paint several battlefield landscapes (Gettysburg Times 10 June 1922: 2), and then Mira was invited by one driver to paint a portrait of his parents in Detroit. “After a few months,” Mira recollected, “I became so absorbed in my work that I had completely forgotten about California. By this time my companion had become homesick and he induced me to return with him.” Returning to New York, Mira was best known for his cityscapes of lower Manhattan and capturing “the way busy people see it...None of those breath-taking shots cameramen contrive of towers and infinity, which no New Yorker sees in actuality” (Los Angeles Times 31 Jan. 1943: 35). 18 more images at <a href="https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/list.php?m=a&s=tu&aid=11180" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Athenaeum</a>. 2 more images at <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-16-folder-19" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAP</a>. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 887 KB jpeg, 11.6 MB jpeg, 655 KB Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mira, Alfred S., 1900-1981 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Federal Art Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1935-1940 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Ritz, Abigail (photography) Cooper, Ken (biography) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New Deal Gallery, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts Object #FA18208 Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 115 Alfred S. Mira Federal Art Project Landscape Art New Deal Gallery painting