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| For Librarians - About NH Libraries - Granite State Libraries - January/February/March 2003, Vol. 39, No.1 |
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ART EXHIBIT AT THE STATE LIBRARY
by Charles Shipman, Reference Librarian
HARD TIMES AND BIG DREAMS: 1935-1942
NEW HAMPSHIRE ARTISTS TELL THE STORY
The N.H. State Library will be mounting an exhibit of artwork by New Hampshire artists who were employed by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression. The exhibition places artworks done for New Hampshire's visual arts component of the Federal Arts Project, 1935-1942, in historical context. It will combine paintings, woodcuts, and photographs in the State Library Collection with items donated to the New Hampshire Artist Archives, such as a printmaker's table and tools, along with business correspondence and newspaper stories of the time. The three featured artists are Herbert Waters, Nathanial Burwash, and Alice Cosgrove. Thanks to the willingness of the New Hampshire Arts Association to loan some items to the exhibit, there will also be a display on Omer Lassonde, who directed the Federal program in New Hampshire. The exhibit will run for two months beginning February 20, 2003. |
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