We’ve just posted the podcast from Art for the Millions: The Enduring Legacy of the WPA. This is a companion audio program to our book of the same title, which you can receive for “free” when you join the club. Special thanks go out to Erin Yanke and KBOO Community Radio. Enjoy.
Track 1. Intro, David [...]
Carye Bye posted some nice photos from the Art for the Millions WPA bike ride. Check out the photostream here. More to be posted soon.
1. The ride for this Sunday, June 28 is full. We cannot accommodate any more people on this ride. Do not show up at the Eyeful Gallery; we will not be there.
2. A second WPA bike ride will be happening Sunday, July 12th from 12PM-5PM.
3. This second ride is almost full. There are about 10 [...]
Looks good for ride on Sunday!
Due to the incredible amount of interest, the Art for the Millions tour has sold out! That was quick. We had yet to even put up a single poster!
Have a bunch of photos I need to post, prob in next day or so (can’t find the lame cord!). Anyway, posters will be done later this week. If you have a color printer feel free to print out and post your own. Download poster.
(Design by Ian Lynham)
Still figuring out our route and if we will hit all of these sites, but a rough itinerary of the WPA bike trip.
In preparation for our inaugural bike tour, I’ve uploaded several of the more remarkable documents I’ve come across in my research on federally supported art and the WPA in Oregon.
Download the Portland Art Museum’s WPA brochure Back to Work: Oregon and the New Deal Art Projects.
Download Francis O’Connor’s recommendations from Federal Support for the Visual [...]
