Art - Free neighborhood classes for adults ... enroll now – 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 vintage poster of Art - Free neighborhood classes for adults ... enroll now brings a moment of history to your wall. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Art - Free neighborhood classes for adults ... enroll now
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Chicago's Board of Education sponsored this silkscreen poster, which invites adults to enroll in free neighborhood art classes. Printed in 1936, it reflects the Depression-era push to bring cultural programs to ordinary working people, a goal shared by the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Silkscreen was a favored method of the WPA poster units because it was inexpensive to produce in quantity and allowed flat, bold color that could be read from a distance on a street or in a store window. The date stamped on the back, May 1937, shows the poster was still being handled and filed well after its original printing.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: May 22 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). · Chicago (Ill.). Board of Education sponsor. |
| Subjects | Art education--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. Adult education--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 2,796 × 4,096 px · prints to 9 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 10_Art_Free_neighborhood_1936 |
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