A New Deal for Artists is the title of a lecture scheduled to begin at 6:30pm on Thursday, November 20, 2014 in the Orange County Trust Company Great Room in Kaplan Hall at SUNY Orange. This lecture complements the exhibit A New Deal for Artists ~ artworks of the WPA. As overseer of the care and exhibiting of the more than 230 WPA artworks housed at Livingston Arts in Mount Morris, NY, Executive Director Chris Norton is very knowledgeable about the federal art program within the Works Progress Administration which was a project of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal designed to put America back to work during the Great Depression. Norton’s talk will give insights into the cultural impact the WPA had on the economically strained, youthful United States. He will support his view with images and video as well as refer to the artworks in the WPA exhibit in the Mindy Ross Gallery. Norton will also explain how this federally sponsored project redefined art in American society by creating bonds among artists and raising the respect for American art thus making the United States and notably New York City the focal point of art in the world. Immediately following the lecture at approximately 7:30pm, a closing reception for the exhibit will be held in the Mindy Ross Gallery and Foyer where conversations and questions can continue. The lecture and reception are free and open to the public. Questions may be directed to Cultural Affairs at 845-341-9386 and [email protected]. Also check out website sunyorange.edu/culturalaffairs Kaplan Hall at SUNY Orange is located at the corner of Grand and First Streets, Newburgh, NY. Free, secure parking is offered in the building’s garage.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 22:32:04 +0000
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