"Civilization Through the Arts and Crafts as Taught to the Neophyte Indians"
New Deal Agencies: Federal Art Project (FAP)
Status: Marked
Site Survival: Extant
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Description
The school contains two 6′ x 24′ murals “Civilization Through the Arts and Crafts as Taught to the Neophyte Indians” and “Mission San Francisco de Asis.” They were painted by Edith Hamlin in 1936-37 with funding from the WPA Federal Art Project. Betty Willey and Jay Risling assisted. Hamlin retouched the murals herself in 1973. Both murals were originally located in the school library.
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"Civilization Through the Arts and Crafts as Taught to the Neophyte Indians"
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"Mission San Francisco de Asis"
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"Mission San Francisco de Asis"
Source notes
Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: http://www.newdealartregistry.org/