BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Pacific Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Pacific Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Pacific Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:We cordially invite you to "The Currency of Ben Shahn's Public Art\," a free webinar happening \;Tuesday\, September 30\, 5:00PM PST& nbsp\;featuring John Ott in conversation \;with \;Laura Katzman\, curator of \;Ben Shahn\, On Nonconformity\, \;a retrospective curr ently on view at the Jewish Museum\, New York (May 23- October 26\, 2025).  \;The exhibition examines social realist artist Ben Shahn (1898-1969) and his lifelong commitment to social justice causes\, from the New Deal era through the height of the Vietnam War. This thematic and contextual pr esentation provides the rare opportunity to re-examine Shahn&rsquo\;s resp onses to the most pressing social and political issues of his time and to recognize their contemporary relevance. \;The webinar will focus on th e section of the exhibition entitled A New Deal for Art\, which addresses the photographs\, posters\, and murals Shahn created for government agenci es such as the Resettlement Administration and the Section of Fine Arts. H ow did the artist navigate the demands of federal agencies\, the needs of his own art and activism\, and the larger goals of his social criticism? T he program will illuminate the current status of Shahn&rsquo\;s New Deal m urals in the context of the Trump administration&rsquo\;s efforts to sell specific government buildings and its drastic staff cuts to the General Se rvices Administration\, the official steward that preserves public art in government buildings.Register here for free: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ the-currency-of-ben-shahns-public-art-with-laura-katzman-and-john-ott-tick ets-1622951635029?aff=oddtdtcreator \; \; \; \; DTEND:20250930T210000Z DTSTAMP:20250903T225347Z DTSTART:20250930T190000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:The Currency of Ben Shahn's Public Art UID:RFCALITEM638925368276032642 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

We cordially invite you to "The Currency of Ben Shahn's Public Art\," a free webinar happening \;Tuesday\, September 30\, 5:00PM PST \;featuri ng John Ott in conversation \;with \;Laura Katzman\, curator of \;Ben Shahn\, On Nonconformity\, \;a retrospec tive currently on view at the Jewish Museum\, New York (May 23- October 26 \, 2025). \;

The exhibition examines social realist art ist Ben Shahn (1898-1969) and his lifelong commitment to social justice ca uses\, from the New Deal era through the height of the Vietnam War. This t hematic and contextual presentation provides the rare opportunity to re-ex amine Shahn&rsquo\;s responses to the most pressing social and political i ssues of his time and to recognize their contemporary relevance. \;

The webinar will focus on the section of the exhi bition entitled A New Deal for Art\, which addresses the photographs\, pos ters\, and murals Shahn created for government agencies such as the Resett lement Administration and the Section of Fine Arts. How did the artist nav igate the demands of federal agencies\, the needs of his own art and activ ism\, and the larger goals of his social criticism? The program will illum inate the current status of Shahn&rsquo\;s New Deal murals in the context of the Trump administration&rsquo\;s efforts to sell specific government b uildings and its drastic staff cuts to the General Services Administration \, the official steward that preserves public art in government buildings.

Register here for free:  \;

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