African American Artists and the New Deal Art Programs Opportunity, Access, and Community
This bookexamines the involvement of African American artists in the New Deal art programs of the 1930s. Emphasizing broader issues informed by the uniqueness of Black experience rather than individual artists’ works, Mary Ann Calo makes the case that the revolutionary vision of these federal art pr...
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| Abstract | This bookexamines the involvement of African American artists in the New Deal art programs of the 1930s. Emphasizing broader issues informed by the uniqueness of Black experience rather than individual artists’ works, Mary Ann Calo makes the case that the revolutionary vision of these federal art projects is best understood in the context of access to opportunity, mediated by the reality of racial segregation. Focusing primarily on the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Calo documents African American artists’ participation in community art centers in Harlem, in St. Louis, and throughout the South. She examines the internal workings of the Harlem Artists’ Guild, the Guild’s activities during the 1930s, and its alliances with other groups, such as the Artists’ Union and the National Negro Congress. Calo also explores African American artists’ representation in the exhibitions sponsored by WPA administrators and the critical reception of their work. In doing so, she elucidates the evolving meanings of the terms race, culture, and community in the interwar era. The book concludes with an essay by Jacqueline Francis on Black artists in the early 1940s, after the end of the FAP program. Presenting essential new archival information and important insights into the experiences of Black New Deal artists, this study expands the factual record and positions the cumulative evidence within the landscape of critical race studies. It will be welcomed by art historians and American studies scholars specializing in early twentieth-century race relations. |
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| AbstractList | This bookexamines the involvement of African American artists in the New Deal art programs of the 1930s. Emphasizing broader issues informed by the uniqueness of Black experience rather than individual artists’ works, Mary Ann Calo makes the case that the revolutionary vision of these federal art projects is best understood in the context of access to opportunity, mediated by the reality of racial segregation. Focusing primarily on the Federal Art Project (FAP) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Calo documents African American artists’ participation in community art centers in Harlem, in St. Louis, and throughout the South. She examines the internal workings of the Harlem Artists’ Guild, the Guild’s activities during the 1930s, and its alliances with other groups, such as the Artists’ Union and the National Negro Congress. Calo also explores African American artists’ representation in the exhibitions sponsored by WPA administrators and the critical reception of their work. In doing so, she elucidates the evolving meanings of the terms race, culture, and community in the interwar era. The book concludes with an essay by Jacqueline Francis on Black artists in the early 1940s, after the end of the FAP program. Presenting essential new archival information and important insights into the experiences of Black New Deal artists, this study expands the factual record and positions the cumulative evidence within the landscape of critical race studies. It will be welcomed by art historians and American studies scholars specializing in early twentieth-century race relations. A crucial reexamination of Black artists' participation in federally funded art programs that draws on newly considered archival materials. |
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| SubjectTerms | 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 African American art-20th century African American artists-History-20th century Art and race c 1500 onwards to present day Federal aid to the arts-United States-History-20th century General and world history History History and Archaeology History of art History: specific events and topics New Deal art Pre-Raphaelite Social and cultural history Style qualifiers Styles (P) The Arts The Arts: treatments and subjects Time period qualifiers |
| Subtitle | Opportunity, Access, and Community |
| TableOfContents | Intro -- COVER Front -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Historiography -- Notes to Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2: Participation -- Notes to Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3: Advocacy -- Notes to Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4: Visibility -- Notes to Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5: Aftermath -- Notes to Chapter 5 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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