Author: Becker, Heather
Title: Art for the People: The Rediscovery and Preservation of Progressive- and Wpa-Era Murals in the Chicago Public Schools, 1904-1943
Description: San Francico, Chronicle Books, 2002. Softcover. This book is a softcover with a color-illustrated matte front cover, and a black-and-white pictoral back cover. The spine is black, and the title is printed in white. French flaps. There are French flaps, and the inside front and back covers are a beautiful metallic blue. The front free end pages are illustrated. Pages: (4), 1-248. Contains a plethora of color illustrations. PART I: CHICAGO DISCOVERS ITS MUSEUM OF WALLS -- The mural research project: discoveries of a forgotten public art collection / Heather Becker -- If walls could talk ; New class curriculum / Flora Doody -- Unveiling our historic and controversial mural, hidden for nearly sixty years / Dorothy Williams -- The genesis of the mural preservation project / Heather Becker -- The beginning of the mural preservation project / Ben Reyes -- WPA/FAP public art collections / Alicia Weber -- The mural preservation project: a mixture of art, history, and science / Heather Becker -- Preserving the Chicago Public School murals / Barry Bauman -- Preserving public art in Chicago / Ed Paschke -- PART II: PROGRESSIVE ERA MURALS: 1904 TO 1933 -- The tradition of murals in the United States: 1750 to 1933 / Heather Becker -- Mural themes from the progressive era to the WPA Federal Art Project: 1904 to 1933 and after / Francis V. O'Connor -- Progressive era murals in the Chicago Public Schools: 1904 to 1933 / Richard Murray -- PART III: WPA FEDERAL ART PROJECT MURALS: 1933 TO 1943 -- The great depression, the new deal, and the WPA Federal Art Project / Heather Becker -- The New Deal and the first federally sponsored art program: the public works of Art Project (PWAP) 1933-34 / Thomas Thurston -- The WPA Federal Art Project / William Creech -- The legacy of the New Deal / Anna Eleanor Roosevelt -- One of the most vital cultural movement in America, the WPA/FAP / Harry Sternberg -- The Illinois Art Project of the Federal Art Project: 1935 to 1943 / Heather Becker -- The Illinois Art Project: an overview / George Mavigliano -- Illinois Art Project printmaking / Liz Seaton -- Government-supported easel painting in Illinois, 1933-43 / Susan Weininger -- The Illinois Theater Project and writers' project / Studs Terkel -- Styles and themes of the Chicago Mural School / Heather Becker -- Painted pedagogy: subjects and themes of New Deal murals in the Chicago Public Schools / Diana L. Linden -- A market perspective on New Deal Art / Robert Henry Adams -- My involvement as an artist in the WPA/FAP / Lucile Ward Robinson -- The WPA/FAP's impact on arts education / Heather Becker -- Going to school surrounded by art / Maria Gibbs -- Historic murals in public schools and contemporary arts education programs / Sylvia Rhor -- Integrating the murals into class curriculum / Diane Chandler -- My uncle, Mitchell Siporin: a WPA/FAP muralist / Noah Hoffman. VG+: A book in excellent condition, that looks like it has never been taken from the shelf.

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