Currently, Gallup, New Mexico’s collection of New Deal artworks is under the purview of three different entities and housed across six locations, not all of which are publicly accessible. The Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum is a multi-year collaborative project to unify the collection, make it widely available as an unparalleled artistic, historical, cultural, and educational resource, and use it to promote community building.
Spearheaded by gallupARTS, the nonprofit arts council serving Gallup and McKinley County, the Virtual Museum has been developed through the collective efforts of over three dozen collaborators and through three rounds of grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
2018
gallupARTS received a $30,000 Digital Projects for the Public “Discovery” grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to research and interpret Gallup’s New Deal art collection and design the Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum.
2020
gallupARTS received a $100K NEH Digital Projects for the Public “Prototyping” grant to continue developing the Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum through additional research, refinement of the interpretive plan, and building and evaluation of a website prototype.
2023
gallupARTS received a $400K NEH Digital Projects for Public “Production” grant to build, launch, market, and program the Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum.
2025
gallupARTS “opened” the Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum to the public.
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Collection artworks and images: The artworks identified as belonging to Gallup’s New Deal art collection are public domain. The photographs of the artworks published by the Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum are the property of gallupARTS and are available for use outside of the Virtual Museum for educational purposes only or with written permission from gallupARTS. For more information regarding image use permissions, please contact info@gallupnewdeal.art.org.
Non-collection artworks and images: The Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum incorporates artwork and other images from outside of Gallup’s New Deal art collection with permission from the respective owners. Non-collection artworks and images are indicated by an accompanying © icon, and copyright information is available by clicking on the same. Please contact the appropriate copyright owner for image use permissions for non-collection artworks and images.
The Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum has been made possible by grant funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this website do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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Gallup and McKinley County are situated on the ancestral and current homelands of the Diné and Ashiwi peoples.
Gallup’s New Deal art collection consists of over 120 objects created, purchased, or donated from 1933 to 1942 through New Deal federal art programs administered by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to support artists during the Great Depression.
The Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum features three types of exhibits, combining traditional and non-traditional approaches to illuminate academic, creative, and individual understandings.
Gallup’s New Deal art collection includes works by a demographically, professionally, and stylistically diverse group of named and unnamed artists.
Image Use Notice: Images of Gallup’s New Deal artworks are available to be used for educational purposes only. Non-collection images are subject to specific restrictions and identified by a © icon. Hover over the icon for copyright info. Read more
