Kalamazoo Institute of Arts - membership drive - join now – Antique Poster Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Kalamazoo Institute of Arts - membership drive - join now
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This 1936 poster is a membership appeal for the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts in Michigan, a cultural institution promoting its programs during the Depression. It was produced as a silkscreen color print, a method the WPA poster units used because it allowed bold, flat shapes and inexpensive runs in quantity. The record credits Lord Leon as the designer and lists the Federal theater Project as sponsor, a reminder of how many New Deal agencies shared the work of supporting cultural life across the country.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Lord Leon. Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Kalamazoo Institute of Arts--1930-1950. Membership campaigns--Michigan--Kalamazoo--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 995 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 705_Kalamazoo_Institute_of_1936 |
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