Lesson+5+-+Integrating+Arts

__Visual Arts__: Historical poster research and design processShared with students some of the history of the National Parks posters that were generated by the Works Projects Administration beginning in 1930s. The WPA posters were commissioned as part of the New Deal's Federal Art Project (FAP). In 1935, Anthony Velonis joined the program and introduced the technique of silkscreen printing, called serigraphy. To view some of the posters created to encourage visitors to travel to the National Parks visit [].

Students should design a poster to represent an important natural or cultural resource in the National Park they are researching. These posters can be used to advertise the PSA presentations when you are ready! Students can chose an image from a book about the National Park or one from the Internet. One option is to have students use tracing paper to trace the image, transfer the image to another paper, and paint the image with acrylic paints or water colors. However, you could learn to create silkscreen prints rather cheaply. Visit the How to Silkscreen website.

Some examples of WPA posters:
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.Number: LC-USZC4-4243 || [|The national parks preserve wild life.]  NYC : Work Projects Administration [between 1936 and 1939]. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Reproduction Number: LC-USZC2-5639. ||
 * [[image:nationalparkspreservationproject/3b48745r.jpg width="350" height="448" align="center"]] || [[image:nationalparkspreservationproject/3f05639r.jpg width="279" height="447" align="center"]] ||
 * Alexander Dux. [between 1936 and 1939].
 * [[image:nationalparkspreservationproject/13399r.jpg width="322" height="448" align="center"]] || [[image:nationalparkspreservationproject/13397r.jpg width="325" height="448" align="center"]] ||
 * [Washington, D.C.] : Department of the Interior, **National** Park Service, [ca. 1938] || [Washington, D.C.] : Department of the Interior, **National** Park Service, [ca. 1938] ||

More Links:
New Deal for the Arts - National Archives

Library of Congress - WPA

Library of Congress - See America Posters "Art: Silk-Screen Prints." //TIME.// May, 1940. [|Oral History Interview with Anthony Velonis, Archives of American Art] Serigraphy Posters for the People