Living New Deal https://livingnewdeal.org/ Tue, 01 Nov 2022 19:14:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://livingnewdeal.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/favicon.ico Living New Deal https://livingnewdeal.org/ 32 32 The Eye of the Beholder https://livingnewdeal.org/the-eye-of-the-beholder/ https://livingnewdeal.org/the-eye-of-the-beholder/#respond Mon, 31 Oct 2022 21:05:07 +0000 https://livingnewdeal.org/?p=168343   The Eye of the Beholder The Federal Art Project (FAP), (1935-1943), provided jobs to 10,000 struggling artists. They created thousands of artworks, including roughly 2,500 murals that adorn many public buildings—city halls, schools, post offices—to this day. The FAP... read more

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]]> https://livingnewdeal.org/the-eye-of-the-beholder/feed/ 0 Favorite New Deal Site: Does a Shelf of Books Qualify as Public Works? https://livingnewdeal.org/favorite-new-deal-site-does-a-shelf-of-books-qualify-as-public-works/ https://livingnewdeal.org/favorite-new-deal-site-does-a-shelf-of-books-qualify-as-public-works/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:17:14 +0000 https://livingnewdeal.org/?p=168165 Tell Us About Your Favorite New Deal Site Does a Shelf of Books Qualify as Public Works? My favorite WPA project isn’t a road or a bridge or even a school. It’s not a library, but you’re getting warmer. The... read more

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]]> https://livingnewdeal.org/favorite-new-deal-site-does-a-shelf-of-books-qualify-as-public-works/feed/ 0 New Dealish: Dining with the Roosevelts https://livingnewdeal.org/new-dealish-dining-with-the-roosevelts/ https://livingnewdeal.org/new-dealish-dining-with-the-roosevelts/#respond Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:17:08 +0000 https://livingnewdeal.org/?p=168164 First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was accomplished in many pursuits, but, according to the New Yorker, other than scrambled eggs she couldn’t cook worth beans. To show solidarity with those suffering during the Great Depression, upon moving in to the White... read more

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]]> https://livingnewdeal.org/new-dealish-dining-with-the-roosevelts/feed/ 0 A Victory for Public Art https://livingnewdeal.org/a-victory-for-public-art/ https://livingnewdeal.org/a-victory-for-public-art/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2022 18:13:05 +0000 https://livingnewdeal.org/?p=168153 WPA artist Victor Arnautoff’s controversial mural, “Life of Washington,” has been a lightning rod for controversy ever since it was completed in 1936. The 1600-foot fresco covering the walls and ceiling of the main entryway at San Francisco’s George Washington... read more

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]]> https://livingnewdeal.org/a-victory-for-public-art/feed/ 1 Video: In Landscape Harmony: New Deal Bridges for the Oregon Coast https://livingnewdeal.org/video-in-landscape-harmony-new-deal-bridges-for-the-oregon-coast/ https://livingnewdeal.org/video-in-landscape-harmony-new-deal-bridges-for-the-oregon-coast/#respond Wed, 19 Oct 2022 17:43:06 +0000 https://livingnewdeal.org/?p=168071 Oregon national associate Judith Kenny and videographers Logan Duello and Alex Hilton recently produced a short video on the five Public Works Administration (PWA) bridges that completed the Oregon Coast Highway (Hwy 101). The five bridges serve the southwest coast... read more

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]]> https://livingnewdeal.org/video-in-landscape-harmony-new-deal-bridges-for-the-oregon-coast/feed/ 0 https://livingnewdeal.org/167732-2/ https://livingnewdeal.org/167732-2/#respond Sat, 01 Oct 2022 23:43:43 +0000 https://livingnewdeal.org/?p=167732 The Legacy of the New Deal in The Inglewood, CA Post Office The Daily Breeze has published a piece on the New Deal-funded bas-reliefs that have enlivened the Inglewood post office since the New Deal era. Read the whole piece... read more

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]]> https://livingnewdeal.org/167732-2/feed/ 0 Painting the Mail: Post Office Art of the New Deal https://livingnewdeal.org/painting-the-mail-post-office-art-of-the-new-deal/ https://livingnewdeal.org/painting-the-mail-post-office-art-of-the-new-deal/#respond Sat, 01 Oct 2022 20:22:55 +0000 https://livingnewdeal.org/?p=167750 Tuesday, November 15, 2022 5pm-6pm PST (8pm EST)with Barbara Bernstein The New Deal didn’t just decorate post offices. It celebrated them. Murals, bas reliefs and sculptures depict letters being written, mailed, sorted, transported, delivered, read and shared. These artworks are... read more

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]]> https://livingnewdeal.org/achievement-through-adversity/feed/ 0 Remembrance: Ruth Gottstein. Ying Lee. https://livingnewdeal.org/remembrance/ https://livingnewdeal.org/remembrance/#respond Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:46:51 +0000 https://livingnewdeal.org/?p=167480 Ruth Gottstein, 1922-2022 A lifelong activist and champion of New Deal art, Ruth Gottstein, daughter of New Deal artist Bernard Zakheim, died on August 30 at age 100. Ruth vividly recalled accompanying her father, a founder of the San Francisco... read more

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]]> https://livingnewdeal.org/remembrance/feed/ 0 A New Deal for the Blind https://livingnewdeal.org/a-new-deal-for-the-blind/ https://livingnewdeal.org/a-new-deal-for-the-blind/#respond Tue, 20 Sep 2022 16:28:54 +0000 https://livingnewdeal.org/?p=167341 Over fifty years before the Americans with Disabilities Act, the New Deal undertook the first major federal effort to aid citizens with physical and mental challenges. Between 1933 and 1943, mainly through the Works Progress Administration (WPA), thousands of New... read more

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