This virtual exhibition brings together a rich selection of paintings and prints from various public sites in Gallup, NM, from City Hall to the Octavia Fellin Public Library and beyond. The artworks, created during the New Deal era of the 1930s and 1940s, reveal a diverse range of creative responses to the people, landscapes, and histories of the Southwest and attest to the region’s importance as a crossroads of people, ideas, and creativity across time.
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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
