71 10 1399 https://openvalley.org/files/original/ba9db1a5796eb82a4abf8c2885b9fed2.JPG 66709468715cb79a9487e5d8480002df 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 Engraving 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 Three Able Seamen Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.2 MB Description An account of the resource This print’s obviously ironic title asks us to notice what flows into the void of unemployment—all the moments of time that remain to be filled. Three men stare into the near distance, fiddle with their fingers, or even empty a pebble from a shoe. This last gesture may reference a maritime tradition of throwing old boots into the wake of a departing ship so as to ensure safe passage back home. But in this stark monochrone linoprint, it’s not clear where home is for these men. About the Artist: Born in Milwaukee, WI, Schardt studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and then the Art Students League in New York. His works were exhibited at the Federal Gallery and the Municipal Art Gallery. Beginning in the 1935 Schardt began working for the Federal Art Project in a variety of roles: printmaker, allocations administrator, facilitator in the Poster Division; he oversaw the WPA demonstration exhibits at the 1939 World’s Fair. During this period Schardt and his wife, the WPA artist Nene Vibber, shared a flat with Jackson Pollock. Schardt’s background in printmaking and administrative capacities often extended beyond the galleries. In the late 1930s and early ‘40s he worked for the National Youth Administration (NYA) at its Art Production Unit, where students learned about commercial art while creating posters for the Farm Security Administration (FSA) and military recruiters (“NYA Youth”). After World War II, his friend Jackson Pollock mentions Schardt working at “silkscreen printing (cosmetics) on a big skale [sic]” (Savig 192). He also continued to mentor young artists via lessons at the Brooklyn Musuem. 4 works at <a href="https://americanart.si.edu/artist/bernard-schardt-4288" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Smithsonian American Art Museum</a>. 4 works at <a href="https://www.nga.gov/collection/artist-info.33966.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">National Gallery of Art</a>. 1 work at Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2 works at the Brooklyn Museum. 3 more images at <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-20-folder-29" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAP</a>. Sources Consulted: University of Michigan Museum of Art, The Federal Art Project : American Prints from the 1930s in the Collection of the University of Michigan Museum of Art (University of Michigan Museum of Art, 1985); “NYA Youths Design Air Corps Posters,” Brooklyn Eagle 24 Aug. 1941: 6A; Mary Savig, ed., Pen to Paper: Artists’ Handwritten Letters from the Smithsonian’s Archives of American Art (Princeton Architectural Press, 2016). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Schardt, Bernard P., 1904-1979 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 #FA18264 Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 171 Bernard P. Schardt Federal Art Project Great Depression lithograph New Deal Gallery https://openvalley.org/files/original/f7903c72660e50322a0659a3f04b0cb7.JPG d0ff0ea3b4e0b3d3655fcf5b1eaa08f3 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 Watercolor Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 18.5 x 13.5 in. Condition: paper buckled 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 Still Life (Figured Cloth) Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.1 MB Description An account of the resource Precise outlines and imaginative color blending give this watercolor a distinctive appearance. It departs from most still lifes in giving a “ground-level” perspective of its subject matter—almost as a terrain. Fruit, flowers, and vegetables all make an appearance, along with a southwestern water vessel. Along the ground and as a sort of horizontal range are three, perhaps four patterned cloths against a gray-washed background. A note on the title: most New Deal Gallery records give the paintings title as “Still Life”; it’s not clear why the later title was added, and the frame doesn’t permit closer examination. About the Artist: Born in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, Nagai immigrated to the US in 1906, initially with a plan to study law but soon returning to his love of art—a grandfather and uncle both had been painters. In New York he studied at the Art Students’ League with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(painter)" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thomas Hart Benton</a> for five years, whose influence can be seen in Nagai’s “Picnic” (1929) with its treatment of massy figures arranged in deep space. In 1928 the Brooklyn Daily Eagle’s art critic, Helen Appleton Read, singled out Nagai’s painting “Tea” as one of three “discoveries” from more than 1,000 exhibits at the Society of Independent Artists. He went on to exhibit at the Corcoran Gallery, Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Musuem of Art, and the ACA Gallery, among many venues. His “Japanese Landscape” appeared in a 1939 FAP exhibit on Long Island, focused upon farms and rural life; fellow NDG artists Louis Harris, Bena Frank, and Herman Copen also appeared. Many of In 1936 Nagai signed the Call for the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Artists%27_Congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Artists’ Congress</a>, an anti-fascist popular front organization. Near the end of his life Nagai and his artist wife Paula Rosen retired to Orlando, FL area. 1 work at the <a href="http://collection.whitney.org/artist/934/ThomasNagai" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Whitney Museum of American Art</a>. 2 more images at <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-17-folder-2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAP</a>. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nagai, Tomizo (“Thomas”), 1886-1966 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 Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 212 Federal Art Project New Deal Gallery painting Tomizo "Thomas" Nagai Watercolor https://openvalley.org/files/original/8dba4ac2a1591b1664308849ac5a0642.jpg 2a00fd3944ac78009d6af07ca9c63300 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 Exhibition: Oil Paintings from the Easel Division Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 613 KB Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rothstein, Jerome Henry, 1918-2008 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available New York City W.P.A. Art Project Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1936-1941 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/98516689" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LC-USZC2-5386</a> Description An account of the resource Created by the WPA poster division, it's not clear whether this sign is promoting a show at the New Deal Gallery, a show at some other location, or simply was used for traveling shows. Federal Art Project Poster Poster Division Works Progress Administration WPA https://openvalley.org/files/original/eb5d55807a33bd5492b0eaef2f8be657.jpg c10b751a5844f4c3cf178fedbd10df14 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 Federal Art Project exhibition, Albany Institute Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 444 KB Description An account of the resource Created by the Federal Art Project Poster Division, this advertises a show staged by the Albany Institute of History and Art. It appears to have supported "The Art Caravan," a traveling exhibition of paintings accompanied by lecturer Judson Smith. After its stop in Albany, "Stops will be made at small towns throughout New York" (Kingston Daily Freeman 21 Sept. 1938: 5). Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rothstein, Jerome (1918-2008) 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/98516718" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LC-USZC2-930</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Albany, NY Federal Art Project Poster Poster Division Works Progress Administration WPA https://openvalley.org/files/original/6280689a05b6a01ca00e92c02dd01b6a.jpg f4b66daf5ae4db62f4deb160e6e4db43 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 Poster for exhibition at Federal Art Project Gallery, New York Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 406 KB Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Floethe, Richard, 1901-1988 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Federal Art Project Description An account of the resource This poster was created by the Richard Floethe, Director of the Federal Art Project's NYC Poster Division. His training at the modernist Bauhaus in Germany shows its influence in stylized illustration and bold, simple lettering. The Federal Art Project Gallery, which opened on 27 December 1935, was a frequent venue for painters in the program. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1936 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/98513588" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LC-USZC2-959</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Federal Art Project Federal Art Project Gallery Poster Poster Division 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/c4f7c680dced6be47906328b1b2cc9fb.jpg d922ee72b70ff3bfd09b60cc2ec74377 https://openvalley.org/files/original/ead1427b39a012709118872bb1da2771.jpg 9ace4c5cb0d4fdee2c236660c93ada2e https://openvalley.org/files/original/8b4f5fcd61e0f42cfa61f074ddee8928.jpg 9a3d0655f638f32dae548b14a9a4336d https://openvalley.org/files/original/e953204257f9789a442bd0f7c0bdebdc.jpg b439d10fab57c40e7e57e57b522f05a7 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 Book illustration Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 4.5 x 6.5 in. 11 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 Rip Darcy, Adventurer Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Witten, Bunty, 1894-1968 Description An account of the resource Rip Darcy is orphaned the son of a seafaring family and the protagonist of a 1938 book written by Jack O'Brien and illustrated by New Deal Gallery artist <a href="https://openvalley.org/items/show/1264" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bunty Witten</a>. As the story opens Rip is found upon a deserted Pacific Island near Pago Pago, having lived there a year with only his dog Junie for company. What follows is a series of tales that owes something to the boys adventure genre and perhaps <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Tintin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Adventures of Tin Tin</a> by the Belgian artist Hergé. Certainly, both share a love of the global exotic and model a next generation of European explorers who are "clean, straight-forward, unafraid." An interesting innovation of the book is that Rip interacts with real-life members of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adventurers%27_Club_of_New_York" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adventurers Club of New York</a>, including Witten's husband George Witten. Against the backdrop of manly adventures—wild game hunting, aeronautics, and so on—there is a sweetness to Witten's illustrations that mitigates self-congratulatory tales. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available John C. Winston Company 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 Jack O'Brien, Rip Darcy, Adventurer (John C. Winston, 1938) <a href="https://archive.org/details/bwb_S0-EHH-441" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Internet Archive</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 492 KB jpeg, 602 KB jpeg, 1 MB jpeg, 457 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Boy's Books Bunty Witten lithograph https://openvalley.org/files/original/0c71bbf185f64bf92fcef3c1dc99dcb0.jpg 0426084a6c308e175b198283d43e548e 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. 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 Lower Falls Architecture Description An account of the resource This photograph was taken at the lower falls area at Letchworth State Park in Mt. Morris, NY. Notice that the colors and the tone throughout the photograph are homogenous. It is difficult to determine the separation between the natural and the inorganic. The moss covered stones of which the staircase is made, act as a sort of camouflage to the flood wall in which it has been inserted. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Fall 2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Spina, Emily Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Cooper, Ken https://openvalley.org/files/original/210d93afb833d3ad0e6d433d024e98e2.jpg 1653343bde6d8614840751943dac3f64 Website A resource comprising of a web page or web pages and all related assets ( such as images, sound and video files, etc. ). Local URL The URL of the local directory containing all assets of the website <a href="https://www.joshkeyes.net/">URL</a> 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 Turbulence Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Keyes, Josh Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2001-2018 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Caldwell, Julia (description) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://www.joshkeyes.net/">https://www.joshkeyes.net/</a> Description An account of the resource This depicts the surreal image of global warming and climate change. A shark and a polar bear swim underwater surrounded by land items such as a stop sign, telephone poles and a fire hydrant. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 128 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Website https://openvalley.org/files/original/1544c293708d215b9d78b98ccf6db3be.mp3 e56c8593ee8039aa1712a145d2f4f16b Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. 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 Dust Bowl Refugee Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Guthrie, Woody