Program

Public Programs: Humanities Projects in Museums and Historical Organizations

Period of Performance

4/1/1978 - 12/31/1980

Funding Totals

$60,000.00 (approved)
$60,000.00 (awarded)


Gorky Airport Murals Exhibition

FAIN: GM-11777-78

Newark Museum (Newark, NJ 07102-3109)
Ruth Bowman (Project Director: April 1978 to present)

To install an exhibition and prepare a catalogue which will explore through related paintings and drawings, photos and archival materials, the abstract movement in American Art of the 30s and Gorky Airport's murals, the WPA and government involvement in the arts. After Newark the exhibition will circulate to major museums across the country.