September 2 - December 18, 2016 - This exhibition​ describes how the 1930s and 1940s were a golden age for murals in America where the everyday worker rose to the status of a primary hero. The Great Depression forged a renewed belief in the centrality of the laborer, and the federal government sponsored numerous work programs, including those for visual artists. Wall paintings about larger-than-life miners, farmers, and others covered walls in public buildings across the country are Displayed in the exhibition.
Dates:September 02, 2016 10:00 am to December 18, 2016 05:00 pm
Address:124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, New York 12604, United States
Phone: (845) 437-5632
Contact:The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
Website:http://fllac.vassar.edu/exhibitions/2016/celebrating-heroes.html