Board of Water and Light Dye Conditioning Plant: Pollock Mural – Lansing MI

City:
Lansing, MI

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Arts Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP)

Completed:
1941

Artist:
Charles Pollock

Description

The Board of Water and Light Dye Conditioning Plant in Lansing, Michigan contains multiple examples of New Deal artwork, including: “Water as Hydro-Electric Power,” a 1941 mural by Charles Pollock.

“Charles Pollock’s 1941 mural in the center shows man’s control over nature and the importance of water as hydro-electric power. The figures represent agriculture and industry, and the use of plastics and agricultural chemistry, refer to the research and work activities undertaken in this building”

Source notes

https://artmuseum.msu.edu/wpa/WPA/pages/bwl.htm

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on December 20, 2017.

Location Info


148 South Cedar St.
Lansing, MI 48933

Coordinates: 42.731575, -84.546407

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