Resources
Arreola, Daniel D."Mexican American Exterior Murals", Geographical Review, Vol. 74, No. 4, October 1984, 409-424. This is a detailed and illustrated article on the origins of American Chicano art.
Barmer, E., Reference Librarian, Jacksonville Public Library, Personal Interview, June 2005. Mr. Barmer assisted me in my initial search in locating local mural work and historians.
Camp, Roderic Ai, "Artists and Politics in Mexico", Latin American Research Review, Vol. 10, No. 2, Summer 1975. A review of a tape recording with the artist, David Sequeiros.
Charlot, Jean, "Orozco and Siqueiros at the Academy of San Carlos", College Art Journal, Vol.10, No. 4, Summer.1951. The article details the role of Siqueiros in the art and political life of the San Carlos Academy.
Craven, David, "Recent Literature on Diego Rivera and Mexican Muralism", Latin American Research Review, Vol.36, No. 3, 2001. A comprehensive review of literature on Diego Rivera by Downs, Folgarait, Abrams, Lee, Marnham, and Luis martin Lorenzo.
Dubin, Steven C. "Artistic Production and Social Control", Social Forces, Vol. 64, No.3, March 1986.
Efland, Arthur, "Art Education during the Great Depression", Art Education, Vol.36, No.6, November 1983. Article relates the use of art community centers in extending art to the populace.
Egleson, James, D., "Jose Clemente Orozco", Parnassus, Vol. 12, No. 7, November 1940.
A detailed discussion of Orozco's style of pointing using his Guadalajara work as examples.
Folgarait, Leonard, Mexican Murals and Their Meaning, reviewed by Lee, Anthony, Art Journal, vol.58, no.1, Spring 1999.The book review reviews and evaluates the post revolution work of Rivera, Siqueiros, and Orozco.
Larson, Cedric,"The Culture Projects of WPA", The Public Opinion Quarterly, Vol.3, No.3, July 1939. This is a contemporary account of the WPA projects.
Mavigiliano, George,"The Federal Art Project in Illinois, 1935-1943",reviewed by Reid, Robert, The Journal of American History, Vol.78, No.3, December 1998. The article reviews the WPA art projects in Illinois.
McDonald, William, Federal Relief Administration and the Arts: The Origins and Administrative History of the Arts Project of the Works Project Administration, reviewed by Ekirch, Williams, The American Historical Review, Vol. 75, No. 4, April 1970, 1204-1205. The article describes the New Deal art projects in Cleveland, Indiana.
McCasland, Elizabeth,"Murals from the Federal Art Project, Parnasses, Vol. 10, No. 7, December 1938. A contemporary article describing the 7 plus murals planned for the New York 1938 World's Fair.
McKinzie, The New Deal for Artists, reviewed by James, Dennis, "Government Art: Relief, Propaganda, or Public Beautification"? Reviews in American History, Vol.2, No.2, June 1974. The article reviews a book by McKinzie the examines the purposes of the New Deal art projects.
Park, Marlene,"City and County in the 1030's: A study of New Deal Murals in New York, Art Journal, Vol.39, No.1, Autumn 1979. This article details specific examples of the New York mural projects.
Rosenzweig, Ray, and Melosh, Barbara, "Government and the Arts: Voices from the New Deal Era", The Journal of American History, Vol.77, No.2, September 1990. The article reviews the work of interviewing 1000 participants in New Deal Art projects.
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