Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum: Mead Murals – Canyon TX

City:
Canyon, TX

Site Type:
Art Works, Murals

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), Arts Programs, Federal Arts Project (FAP)

Completed:
1940

Artist:
Ben Carlton Mead

Description

Ben Carlton Mead completed two New Deal murals for the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum. One, “Coronado’s Coming” was painted in 1934 with funding from the PWAP. Another, “Antelope Creek Focus” was painted in 1940 with funding from the WPA Federal Art Project.

 

Source notes

Originally posted in the New Deal Art Registry: https://www.newdealartregistry.org/

Location Info


2503 4th Ave.
Canyon, TX 79015

Location notes: Pioneer Hall

Coordinates: 34.980162, -101.91727

Site Details

created on 2011-06-22 09:29:17 -0700 [email protected] last modified on 2011-06-22 09:33:15 -0700

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