Oceanside Museum of Art features paintings from the WPA Era

By Thomas Fudge / Science and Technology Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published February 15, 2006 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 18 years ago.

FDR's Works Projects Administration of the 1930's included a program that financially supported artists, allowing them to produce art while being paid by the government. The program yielded an impre

FDR's Works Projects Administration of the 1930's included a program that financially supported artists, allowing them to produce art while being paid by the government. The program yielded an impressive body of work whose content represents the cultural and political concerns of that time. Bram Dijkstra specializes in work of this era and has curated a show featuring representative works from San Diego collections.

Bram Dijkstra will be giving a lecture tonight, 2/16/06, at 7 pm at the Oceanside Museum of Art.

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Guest:

Bram Dijkstra is Professor Emeritus in the department of literature at UCSD. He's the guest curator of the exhibit: Art of the WPA Era, currently running at the Oceanside Museum of Art.