82 10 1402 https://openvalley.org/files/original/9d8731d5683de1a37bb4fe89ccd0304a.jpg 5f70135e083501c85eee09cdc846b6c4 https://openvalley.org/files/original/57798f231c274367206fb21d55740ed3.jpg 58fefedc9b4795352339d3a90d078523 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 Perry Knitting Co. Description An account of the resource This collection gathers documents for a Perry Knitting Co. exhibit on OpenValley. They are drawn from from three main sources. First, the Clark Rice Photography Collection at the Perry, NY Public Library. Rice was a prolific photographer in Western New York throughout the mid-20th century. This collection includes scans of his work, and copies of images from the turn of the century photographer Merrium Crocker, whose studio Rice purchased. Secondly, the Henry Page Local History Files. Page was president of First National Bank of Perry, and a local historian associated with the public library for nearly five decades. His uncle, William, had helped secure funding from the Carnegie Corporation for its establishment in 1900 and construction in 1914. The Page collection contains various historical materials and photographs accumulated by him over the years. Thirdly, we draw upon various public domain texts, such as maps from the Library of Congress or <a href="http://perrypubliclibrary.advantage-preservation.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">digitized articles from local newspapers</a>. All images here are selections from these collections, chosen for their relevance to OpenValley project. We gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the Perry Public Library and its Director, Jessica Pacciotti. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Meghan Cobo, Ken Cooper, Michaelena Ferraro, Melisha Gatlin, Andrew Gleason, Macaire Lisicki, Ben Michalak, Ethan Pelletier, Emma Raupp, Mariah Rockwell. Special thanks to Jessica Pacciotti at the Perry Public Library. 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 Notarized affidavit Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 8 x 11 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 Draft Board Letter, 1918 Description An account of the resource This appears to be a notarized copy of a letter by Perry Knitting Co. President George M. Trabor,Sr. on behalf of an employee named Albert Torrey. Torrey is identified as the chief engineer and electrician of the plant, and Trabor is arguing for a deferral on the grounds that Torrey's work is essential to the war effort in Europe. This was a fairly common practice, multiplied many fold during World War II. Among the interesting facts we learn about PKC in 1918 are that it employs "upwards of nine hundred operatives"; that Torrey runs a power plant of 1200 horsepower; that PKC supplies 30% of the US Army's undershirts, to the tune of 2,000-3,000 dozen per week; and that the plant has "been put on a priority basis by the War Industries Board." Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Trabor, George M., Sr. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Perry, NY Public Library Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-09-28 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Henry Page Historical Documents Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 980 KB jpeg, 991 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Draft Deferment Henry Page Historical Documents Perry Knitting Co. Perry, NY World War I https://openvalley.org/files/original/fcf6a30bf4cf1388ebb70bccca15700b.pdf 2823eb962ac19f5dda99a714041030ca 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 sheets Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image Three pages, 8.5 x 11 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 Poems by Intergrow Greenhouse Workers, September 2001 Description An account of the resource Poet Janine Pommy Vega facilitated dozens of writing workshops during her time with Creative Artists Migrant Program Services (CAMPS), whether located in farm labor camps or other sites where migrant workers could access. This session was held at the Colonial Motel in Oramel, NY; its participants were employees at the 680,000 square-foot Intergrow Greenhouse in nearby Fillmore, NY. A list of the poems appears below, all of which were translated by Pommy Vega. Abraham Trejo, "The Story of a Little Frightened Boy" Jose Nava, "My Grandfather" Gildardo Nava, "Memory of My Childhood" Isael Nava, "The Story of Dawn" Jose Juan Pérez, "Story of Commander Marcos" Ramiro Trejo, "The Friends" Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Trejo, Abraham Nava, Jose Nava Nava, Gildardo Nava Nava, Isael Nava Pérez, Jose Juan Trejo, Ramiro Vega, Janine Pommy (translator) 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 2001-09 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, 134 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Creative Artists Migrant Program Services Geneseo Migrant Center Intergrow Janine Pommy Vega Poetry https://openvalley.org/files/original/8fb36b80979287ed64d3fd38d276e2b7.jpg da3c22596e5ddc23aa37baaa9ea5d10c 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 Drawing Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 12 x 12 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 Mandala Drawing of Roses and Stars Description An account of the resource Inside of two stylized stars, a halo, and a ring of leafs are two roses. When this drawing was made the artist was 21 years old, and the location for the Creative Artists Migrant Program Services (CAMPS) workshop was at the Colonial Motel in Oramel, NY. This suggests that Trejo worked at the Intergrow Greenhouse operation nearby. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Trejo, Erasmo 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 2001 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Creative Artist Migrant Program Services collection, Genesee Valley Council on the Arts Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 2.2 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Agriculture art Creative Artists Migrant Program Services Geneseo Migrant Center Mandala https://openvalley.org/files/original/676222e5f1f5d8c2ee3e22b81d1cf01f.jpg a43ff77888df1a2e46b92b6533949da2 https://openvalley.org/files/original/4ec7341a5c371381f42f05e0da511cdb.jpg 92efb4f94c85870a2c7a1f173b39a01f 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 on canvas Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 29.5 x 23.5 in. (canvas) 37.5 x 31.5 (frame) 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 Musical Appeal Description An account of the resource Two blocks of tenement buildings dominate this urban scene, in hues of rusty brick, gray, and white. A slightly convex picture plane tilts down dark gray sidewalks and a street in the foreground to give them even greater prominence. Only a band of light blue sky and white clouds offer respite from an evidently working-class neighborhood. Thick brushstrokes emphasize a patterned geometry of widows, shutters, cornices, and entryways. Three musicians stand at the street intersection (singing, playing a banjo and an accordion) who are matched by three spectators. A woman watches them with mild curiosity from a window above; a passerby on the sidewalk seems to be approaching them. The third figure is a man loading duffel bags onto a horse-drawn cart, with a business ironically named “Prosperity Laundry Co,” perhaps too busy in his toils to heed their appeal. The politically active Trubach seems to be offering a kind of allegory here, especially by way of an alleyway whose exaggerated orthoganals point to a shining white skyscraper in the distance. This path is obstructed by a closed iron gate; in front of it the musicians directly face viewers and make their appeal to us. About the Artist: Born in Ukraine--then part of the Russian empire--Trubach immigrated to the US before WWI, later recalling that his artistic career began at the age of eight, drawing upon the sidewalks of New York City (Clinton). At age 14 he received a scholarship at the National Academy of Design, was awarded an exhibition prize, and at 19 a two-year Mooney Traveling Fellowship to Europe. That experience with avant-garde culture shaped his artistic vision—he aligned himself with the so-called Secessionst Group and later characterized himself as a “non-objective” painter—along with his politics. During the 1930s, Trubach was a member of the radical <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Reed_Clubs" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Reed Club</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artists_Union" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Artists Union</a>, and the <a href="https://edan.si.edu/slideshow/viewer/?damspath=/CollectionsOnline/gellhugo/Box_0003/Folder_004" target="_blank" rel="noopener">American Artists Congress</a>. His memories of this period differ sharply from better-known histories of the Federal Art Project, recalling that administrators “tried to keep the paintings from being too wild because they had to allocate them to hospitals and they had to be serene and quiet”; sometimes he would act as “the sort of lawyer for these artists” whose subject matter was rejected (McChesney).  Trubach’s work for the WPA included assistance on murals at the <a href="https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/central-park-arsenal-murals-new-york-ny/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Central Park Police Station</a>; <a href="https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/teddy-roosevelt-high-school-mural-bronx-ny/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Theodore Roosevelt High School</a> in the Bronx; and the <a href="https://livingnewdeal.org/sites/rincon-center-murals-san-francisco-ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rincon Annex</a> post office, San Francisco. His Federal Art Project paintings were exhibited by the Art Institute of Chicago, Carnegie Institute, Corcoran Gallery,  and the Society of Independent Artists. In 1936 he contributed a painting, "Red Builders," to an ill-fated <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/birobidjan-exhibition-records-21691/series-1/reel-27-frames-661-679" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"State Museum of Biro-Bidjan"</a> under the auspices of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organization_for_Jewish_Colonization_in_Russia" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ICOR</a>. After WWII, Trubach—now reclaiming his name Serge—taught at the New England School of Art in Boston, then in 1952 relocated to Sausalito, CA along with his wife, the painter Leonora Cetone. He continued to show his art locally, advocate for community arts, and ran (unsuccessfully) for city council eleven times. <a href="https://calabigallery.com/artists/serge-trubach/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">2 works</a> at online Calabi Gallery. 13 images at <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/federal-art-project-photographic-division-collection-5467/series-1/box-23-folder-9" target="_blank" rel="noopener">FAP</a>. 2 images at <a href="https://art.gsa.gov/search/%22ernest%20s.%20trubach%22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GSA</a>. Oral history interviews by <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-serge-trubach-11622" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mary Fuller McChesney</a> (1964) and <a href="https://californiarevealed.org/do/d31a4412-1584-4130-b187-07309cfac57c" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Clayton Mote</a> (1978). Sources Consulted: Larry Clifton, “Serge Trubach, Artist and Activist,” Sausalito Historical Society 12 Aug. 2020 <a href="https://www.sausalitohistoricalsociety.com/2020-columns/2020/8/12/serge-trubach-artist-and-activist" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Link</a>; Mary Fuller McChesney, “Oral History Interview with Serge Trubach” 5 Dec. 1964, Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project <a href="https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/interviews/oral-history-interview-serge-trubach-11622" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Link</a>; Peter Hastings Falk, ed. Who Was Who in American Art (1999) <a href="https://archive.org/details/whowaswhoinameri0003unse/page/3339/mode/1up?q=trubach" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Link</a> Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Trubach, Ernest (Serge), 1907 [also given as 1909 and 1911] -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 1940 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cooper, Ken (description & biography) Helquist, Morgan (photography) Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived New Deal Museum, Mt. Morris NY Object #FA 773 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.7 MB jpeg, 858 KB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Ernest Trubach Federal Art Project Great Depression New Deal Museum https://openvalley.org/files/original/e6ca071a842658d440d1ff471fda7163.JPG a88e86a875c200612ee23066625d09da 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 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 Montauk, Long Island Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tryon, Dwight William, 1849-1925 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1874 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://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montauk,_Long_Island,_New_York,_by_Dwight_William_Tryon,_1874,_oil_on_canvas_-_New_Britain_Museum_of_American_Art_-_DSC09250.JPG" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wikimedia Commons</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 3 MB Description An account of the resource Painted in a luminist style, vividly breaking waves contrast with shadows on dunes; a play of light and shadows upon gently billowing clouds parallels this juxtaposition overhead. In a feature typical of marine art from this time, the tiny sails of ships--whether illuminated or shadowed by clouds--are used as a reference to indicate distance and point toward the infinite sea. At the time of this painting Tryon was 25 years old and recently had decided to become a professional artist. He went on to a long career, albeit one quite different in pictorial style after studying in Europe. Dwight William Tryon Long Island Montauk, NY painting Watersheds https://openvalley.org/files/original/1dd7eab7be7fe8168fadb63a227b04bb.jpeg 3a00f904046f804d6d733db01601aaee 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 Illustration 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 Geneseo Water Works Description An account of the resource Designed by J. Nelson Tubbs, amalgam of illustrations shows 1) the intake site on Conesus Lake, 2) an elevation profile of the supply pipe to the village reservoir, 3) a diagram of the reservoir, and 4) an enlarged section of the reservoir. The system was built in 1887. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tubbs, J. Nelson (1832-1909) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1891-04-04 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://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015059647811&seq=342" target="_blank" rel="noopener">"Engineering Record, Building Record And Sanitary Engineer" 23 (1890-91): 294</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 454 KB Conesus Lake Geneseo Geneseo Water Works https://openvalley.org/files/original/56914341b4d011eb3c2cb895d4195613.jpg 734a3d90cb8aaf944f6bed90b9553beb 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 11 x 8 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 Map of the Island of Nantucket Description An account of the resource In his 1782 collection of essays, Letters from an American Farmer, Hector St. John de Crèvecœur described the Cape Cod region as a kind of microcosm of social transformations occurring in North America. "What has happened here has and will happen everywhere else," he wrote; given "the full rewards of their industry" farmers were like an undammed stream "spreading plenty and cheerfulness" across the continent. Crèvecœur included this map as a visual aid to his argument. He tell us it was created by James Tupper, "son of the sheriff of the island." What follows is a tour of Nantucket accompanied by glowing descriptions of a new world created by small yeoman farmers. Note: image has been lightly color corrected for better visability. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tupper, James Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Thomas Davies Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1782 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://archive.org/details/lettersfromameri00instjo/page/n144/mode/1up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Courtesy of Internet Archive</a> Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 1.9 MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Hector St. John de Crèvecœur James Tupper Map Nantucket, MA https://openvalley.org/files/original/02626525da5a8810225a4764f1fcde9e.jpg ed24a27f61f85cb25d3a96534165456e 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 Typed Letter 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 Acceptance Letter from the Balch Institute for Items from African Past, Migrant Present Description An account of the resource At the close of the 1986 gallery African Past, Migrant Present, some art pieces were transported to the Balch Institute in Philadelphia. They were displayed there as part of their "Freedom's Doors" exhibition. It is unknown what works from African Past, Migrant Present were sent to the Balch Institute, but it is nonetheless impressive that a seemingly small and insignificant gallery exhibit got attention hundreds of miles away in a large city. The migrant works got to see a larger world. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Turk, James F. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1897-07-31 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Wilson, Sawyer Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Geneseo Migrant Center Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource jpeg, 124 KB African Past, Migrant Present Balch Institute Geneseo Migrant Center https://openvalley.org/files/original/7394075f952440f1f4acc329d62b3ec6.png d7d66bfaa9720ad5e63dd57d0ad7563e 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 Razo Family Photograph Description An account of the resource The family unit is observed to be closely placed together in the kitchen of a migrant shelter. The photograph is identified to be taken in Prattsburg in 1990, at an undisclosed farm. The back of the photograph states in writing, "Prattsburg, '90; Martin Razo, Marta w/ Robbie." The three are conversing privately, displaying the simple connections of farm life. The mother, Marta, seems to be completing a paper machê project while her son watches. Altogether, this photograph captures the tranquility of a family during their time away from work. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Tuttle, Amanda Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1990 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Kershner, Natalie 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 png, 3MB Type The nature or genre of the resource Still image Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Geneseo Migrant Center Family Photograph Geneseo Geneseo Migrant Center migrant family migrant workers Sylvia Kelly 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