Nov. 22 Meeting Minutes
Minutes from Nov. 22 meeting of the New Deal

In attendance Barbara D. Barbara F, Susan, Richard, Pat, Judith

Our guest was Jim Sawtzki of Palmer Divide Productions

Jim spoke about his short films on artists of the pikes peak region. He would like to eventually do films on artists and writers who played an important role in the history of the arts here. Of course this included some New Deal , Broadmoor art academy people. We are just in the beginning stages with Jim on how we can help him and he can help us. He is also under the PPAC umbrella.

We then discussed our plan of action with Sam Gappmayer on Dec.6 at the FAC at 10:30 am.

Each of these people will email me a writeup on the following so that we can offfer the fac choices of fabulous events for their 75th.

1. Pat will do a followup letters presentation which focuses abit more on the FAC
2. Richard will write about the Federal Arts programs in relation to the FAC and the man?? who worked here and talked FDR into the ARTs program (really great idea )
3. Writers project Soul of the People with a moderator
4. Judith will speak about the Homes and Haunts of the FAC walking tour or a WPA walking tour around the FAC to also include the Will Rogers Shrine
   Randall Davey being a Broadmoor Arts Acad. artist.
5. The possibility of Jim producing some sort of short film: evolution of the FAC or Broadmoor arts academy
6. Glenda Karn speaking on John Chalot Fac ( muralist)
7. Doug Clausson putting together a presentation about his father's letters regarding the Broadmoor art Academy
8. How can we help?

A good person for us to get to know will be the new Chamber of Commerce director.

Richard performs as FDR on Dec. 11th at the Pioneers Museum at 2:00 PM: Prisioners of War

 

Programs in Colorado Springs
The New Deal for the New Deal of Southern Colorado in Partnership with the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center invites you to Celebrate the 75th anniversary of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal program, The Works Progress Administration.

The first 2 in the series are:

Thursday July 29th @ 7:00 P.M. Join us as acclaimed actor Richard Marold portrays FDR in an engaging evening, Step back into 1930”s Colorado history as he speaks about the New Deal Programs in the Pikes Peak Region focusing on economic conditions which led to the Great Depression and FDR’s response , such as the Civilians Conservation Corps,(CCC) The Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the effects these projects had in the Colorado Springs Area.

Thursday August 5 @ 7:30 P.M. Artists and Letters: Local correspondence during the Depression and the New Deal.

Artists who studied at the Broadmoor Art Academy, later the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center were a close and lively group.

Many painted murals funded the the New Deal programs. One of them was Archie Musick who painted the downstairs lounge murals in the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Archie saved a number of the letters, which the artists wrote to each other during their travels, giving eyewitness views on the arts and events of the time. Pat Musick, daughter of Archie, has created a READING, performance, with different readers portraying the writers of these letters, and some of the people they wrote about.

All events are free of charge, no reservations required.

Location: The Music Room at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, 30 W. Dale Street.

For further info contact legs.diamond@comcast.net

 

Lecture At CSU-Pueblo
Feb. 9 NNDPA board member Nick Taylor is speaking on the WPA and the New Deal at Colorado State University-Pueblo in conjunction with an exhibit of WPA prints.