HAPPY BIRTHDAY to multi-media artist and singer-songwriter Ben Kaplan. johnnyjblairsingeratlarge.bandcamp.com/track/deeper... HB BK and thank you for your creative spark.
#benkaplan #johnnyjblair #singersongwriter #timbreon #marktomeo #billengel #billmatlack #americana #folkrock #johnprine
Images from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/calendar1.html
production as a “waste of taxpayers' money"’ - though the accompanying message of greetings stated: ‘The other than labor costs of making the calendar are being privately defrayed.’
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#AmericanArt #graphicdesign #graphicdesigners #BenKaplan #WPA #FederalArtProject
image from https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/50105 words quoted from http://archives.gov/exhibits/new_deal_for_the_arts/useful_arts3.html
For #FEBRUARY 1939
The Federal Art Project Calendar
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Color screen print:
#BenKaplan (1916-1986)
Layout & design:
#RichardFloethe (1901-1988) 1938
‘In 1938 Audrey McMahon, head of the #WPA's New York City #FederalArtProject, suggested its Poster Division design and print a ➡️
Image from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/calendar1.html
Image from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/calendar3.html
Image from http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/wpapos/calendar2.html
its production as “a waste of taxpayers' money" - though the accompanying message of greetings stated: ‘The other than labor costs of making the calendar are being privately defrayed.’
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#AmericanArt #graphicdesign #BenKaplan #WPA #FederalArtProject #calendars
Ben Kaplan, higher ed advocate and author, may use Bluesky to promote accessibility and community. His background in advocacy and writing aligns with Bluesky's decentralized, user-controlled platform. #BenKaplan #Bluesky #HigherEd #CommunityBuilding
Ben Kaplan, higher ed advocate and author, may use Bluesky to promote accessibility and community. His background in advocacy and writing aligns with Bluesky's decentralized, user-controlled platform. #BenKaplan #Bluesky #HigherEd #CommunityBuilding
production as a “waste of taxpayers' money"’ - though the accompanying message of greetings stated: ‘The other than labor costs of making the calendar are being privately defrayed.’
@LivingNewDeal
#AmericanArt #graphicdesign #graphicdesigners #BenKaplan #WPA #FederalArtProject
For #FEBRUARY 1939
The Federal Art Project Calendar
🧵👇
Color screen print:
#BenKaplan (1916-1986)
Layout & design:
#RichardFloethe (1901-1988) 1938
‘In 1938 Audrey McMahon, head of the #WPA's New York City #FederalArtProject, suggested its Poster Division design and print a ➡️
