Incorporate the Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum and collection into your classroom instruction.
Use the DIY Exhibit feature to promote creative thinking and apply social studies learning.
Creative Pairings can be used to support student learning in a variety of areas, from literacy to art to critical thinking.
Check out our list of recommended activities for helping kids of all ages learn how to look at art and build their analytical thinking skills — all of which can be used in conjunction with the Gallup New Deal Art Virtual Museum!
gallupARTS offers both in-person and virtual field trips to explore the Gallup New Deal Art collection for a variety of grade levels and subjects.
Here are select online resources for teaching about the New Deal and New Deal art, and for teaching history using art.
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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
