Greensboro Federal Art Center week Open house June 7-14 (S) Visit your community art ce – 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Greensboro Federal Art Center week Open house June 7-14 (S) Visit your community art ce. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Greensboro Federal Art Center week Open house June 7-14 (S) Visit your community art ce
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Its wording sets it apart: it advertises an open house week at the Greensboro Federal Art Center, running June 7 through 14, and invites residents to visit their community art center. The Federal Art Project, part of the Works Progress Administration, ran such centers during the Depression to bring classes, exhibitions, and free access to art into ordinary neighborhoods. Posters like this one were often produced by WPA silkscreen units, a color printing method the program used to make inexpensive, eye-catching notices. The record dates the design to 1936, and a date stamp on the back reads June 5, 1937, which suggests the poster remained in circulation or was filed a year later.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Date stamped on verso: Jun 5 1937. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Sponsored by Greensboro Art Center Association and the Works Progress Administration. · Federal Art Project sponsor. |
| Subjects | Galleries & museums--New York (State)--1930-1940. Community centers--New York (State)--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 2,739 px · prints to 14 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 421_Greensboro_Federal_Art_1936 |
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