The Gallup New Deal Art Website: Exploring Past & Present Perspectives in a Multi-dimensional Virtual Art Showcase

FAIN: MT-268924-20

gallupARTS, Inc. (Gallup, NM 87301-6205)
Rose Alexa Eason (Project Director: June 2019 to August 2022)

Prototyping of a new interactive website on the New Deal art collection of Gallup, New Mexico.

gallupARTS seeks $100K to prototype the Gallup New Deal Art (GNDA) website, which showcases Gallup’s expansive and impressive collection of New Deal Art. The GNDA website was planned through a 2018 NEH Digital Projects for the Public Discovery grant. Now, gallupARTS proposes to take the next step in developing the website by building a model to evaluate its content and design. The GNDA website takes a combined scholarly and creative approach to interpreting Gallup’s New Deal art in a way that both recognizes its historical significance and engages with it from a contemporary perspective, making it relevant to a diverse audience. It features a search-able database of 144 artworks and 29 artists, 4 special exhibits taking an art historical approach to the major aspects of the collection (e.g., western American art and Native art), and 7 non-traditional interpretations by creatives (e.g., artists and writers), adding dimension to the discussion.

Associated Products

Gallup New Deal Art Archive (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: Gallup New Deal Art Archive
Author: Rose Eason
Abstract: The digital archive of Gallup’s New Deal Art collection includes a complete artwork inventory, high resolution photographs of the 155 objects in the collection, artist portraits with image rights information, research files including many primary source materials, and a thorough bibliography
Year: 2020
Primary URL Description: The Archive is currently housed in a private Google Drive.
Access Model: Upon request

Gallup New Deal Art - Prototype (Database/Archive/Digital Edition)
Title: Gallup New Deal Art - Prototype
Author: gallupARTS
Abstract: A final draft of the Gallup New Deal Art virtual museum prototype presenting the digital archive and also extensive background content on the history of the New Deal, the history of Gallup’s New Deal art collection, and on the artists and art movements/styles/subjects represented in the collection, three “Special Exhibits," three “Guest-Curated Tours,” four “Creative Pairings”
Year: 2022
Primary URL: www.gallupnewdealart.org
Primary URL Description: The prototype is accessible from the above URL, which links directly to a Wordpress website. Sections built in Adobe AD open in separate tabs and take a minute to load. While you can go from Wordpress to XD, you cannot link to Wordpress from XD. To get return to the Wordpress site, refer back to the open tab.
Secondary URL: https://gnda.wpengine.com/about-the-exhibits/
Secondary URL Description: Link to WordPress presentation of multi-media aspects of the first draft of the Gallup New Deal Art prototype (special exhibits and creative content).
Access Model: Adobe XD and WordPress

Behind the Scenes: Gallup New Deal Art Project (Blog Post)
Title: Behind the Scenes: Gallup New Deal Art Project
Author: Rose Eason
Abstract: Join Gallup New Deal Art project researchers in the hunt for answers and clues to mysteries and questions about artworks in Gallup's New Deal art collection.
Date: 7/27/2020
Primary URL: https://galluparts.org/2020/07/27/behind-the-scenes-gallup-new-deal-art-project/
Primary URL Description: Link to blog post on gallupARTS' website.
Blog Title: Behind the Scenes: Gallup New Deal Art Project
Website: www.galluparts.org

"Gallup's 'New Deal' for ageless works of art" (Article)
Title: "Gallup's 'New Deal' for ageless works of art"
Author: Rachelle Nones
Abstract: Article in local weekly newspaper about the Gallup New Deal Art project.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://galluparts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/WPA-website-in-the-works.pdf
Access Model: open
Format: Newspaper
Publisher: Gallup Sun

"Who decides our history?" (Article)
Title: "Who decides our history?"
Author: Will Jennings
Abstract: Front page article on Gallup New Deal Art project in local daily newspaper.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://galluparts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Who-decides-our-history-p1.pdf
Access Model: open
Format: Newspaper
Publisher: Gallup Independent

"New Deal Reckoning" (Article)
Title: "New Deal Reckoning"
Author: Kate Nelson
Abstract: Feature article spotlighting the Gallup New Deal Art project in April edition of New Mexico magazine.
Year: 2022
Primary URL: https://galluparts.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/NM-Magazine-New-Deal-Reckoning.pdf
Access Model: open
Format: Magazine
Publisher: New Mexico Magazine

"Making New Deal Art Accessible" (Web Resource)
Title: "Making New Deal Art Accessible"
Author: Mariel Aquino
Abstract: Profile of the Gallup New Deal Art project by the National Humanities Alliance.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://nehforall.org/projects/making-new-deal-art-accessible

"J.R. Willis: Postcard Artist and Gallup Arts Entrepreneur" (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: "J.R. Willis: Postcard Artist and Gallup Arts Entrepreneur"
Abstract: Virtual talk by librarian and researcher Joe Sabatinin on the life and career of J.R. Willis, an artist well-represented in the Gallup New Deal art collection. Presented in conjunction with the Octavia Fellin Public Library
Author: Joe Sabatini
Date: 9/18/21
Location: Online - Zoom, Facebook and YouTube
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-ZyPcTspDc
Primary URL Description: Youtube video recording of Joe Sabatini's talk, which was live-streamed on 9/18/21 for 116 viewers.

"Slow Look at Lloyd Moylan's Allegory" (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: "Slow Look at Lloyd Moylan's Allegory"
Abstract: Virtual presentation on the the theme of "visual storytelling," taking a close look at the “crown jewel” of the Gallup New Art Collection, a 2,000-square foot mural painted by Lloyd Moylan.
Author: Rose Eason
Date: 5/26/21
Location: Online - Facebook and YouTube
Primary URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPR72QNJatc&list=PL3hHLzOw3x9VQvDGsMfYIBlfCREOMfCbT&index=23

"Western American Art in the Gallup New Deal Art Collection: What, Who and How" (Public Lecture or Presentation)
Title: "Western American Art in the Gallup New Deal Art Collection: What, Who and How"
Abstract: Virtual talk by GNDA Interpretive Specialist, art historian and museum educator Molly Medakovich on the process of developing the "Views on the Southwest" virtual museum Special Exhibit, with a discussion of the humanities questions and themes central to that Exhibit.
Author: Molly Medakovich
Date: 9/28/21
Location: Online - Facebook
Primary URL: https://www.facebook.com/watch/live/?ref=watch_permalink&v=387972636297631
Primary URL Description: Recording of Molly's virtual talk, which was originally live-streamed on 9/28/21 to over 100 viewers.

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