Myra Kinch & group Festival of modern dance – Historic Poster Reproduction
(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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This rare vintage poster captures Myra Kinch & group Festival of modern dance in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Myra Kinch & group Festival of modern dance
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Few posters of the period announce a dance program as directly as this one, which presents Myra Kinch and her group in a festival of modern dance in Santa Ana, California. Printed in color by silkscreen in 1938, it was produced under the Works Progress Administration's poster program, and the record notes that the Federal theater Project served as a sponsor while the event itself was backed by the student loan fund of Santa Ana Junior College. Modern dance was then establishing itself as an art form distinct from ballet, and campus events like this one brought such work to audiences far from the major cities.
| Created / published | 1938 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Sponsored by Santa Ana Jr. College student loan fund. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Federal Theatre Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Santa Ana College--Exhibitions & displays--1930-1940. Kinch Myra--Performances. Theatrical productions--California--Santa Ana--1930-1940. Dance--California--Santa Ana--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 993 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 485_Myra_Kinch_group_Festi_1938 |
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