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URL:https://kingstonhappenings.org/events/john-p-murphy-to-speak-about-woo
 dstock-artists-during-the-new-deal/
SUMMARY:John P. Murphy to Speak about Woodstock Artists during the New Deal
DESCRIPTION:The Historical Society of Woodstock will host a talk and book s
 igning by author and art historian John P. Murphy of Vassar College on “
 A New Deal for Woodstock Artists\,” about the role of Woodstock artists 
 in New Deal art. He will also be signing copies of his book New Deal Art: 
 Culture and Crisis in the Great Depression. At the height of the Great Dep
 ression\, Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal turned crisis into opportunit
 y. Through unprecedented federal funding for the arts\, the New Deal launc
 hed the careers of artists such as Philip Guston\, Jacob Lawrence\, Alice 
 Neel\, Jackson Pollock\, and Mark Rothko. State-sponsored murals\, paintin
 gs\, sculptures\, prints\, and posters appeared across the country in publ
 ic buildings to nurture what FDR called a “more abundant life” for Ame
 rican citizens. Compared to similarly sized communities\, Woodstock enroll
 ed a disproportionate number of artists on the federal art programs.
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CATEGORIES:@Featured,Art,History
LOCATION:Historical Society of Woodstock\, 20 Comeau Drive\, Woodstock\, ny
 \, United States
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