First Friday Reception
Date(s): October 2, 2009
Time(s): 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Sheldon Museum of Art welcomes visitors to a First Friday opening reception for the exhibition Agents of Change: Mexican Muralists and New Deal Artists. Sheldon Curator of Cultural and Civic Engagement Sharon Kennedy will be in the exhibition gallery to answer questions.
Agents of Change: Mexican Muralists and New Deal Artists features works by artists from Mexico and the United States and demonstrates the close ties between them in the 1930s and ’40s. The exhibition is organized into four sections to include Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s Works Progress Administration (WPA); the Mexican Muralist Movement; a mural study by WPA artist Lucienne Bloch; and the Taller de Gráfica Popular.
To view artwork in this exhibition, please click: Agents of Change slide show
To listen to a podcast with Sheldon curator Sharon Kennedy, please click: Agents of Change podcast
Programming for this exhibition is made possible by a grant from the Nebraska Humanities Council and the Sheldon Art Associatiion, the Museum's dedicated support group.
Location: Sheldon
