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100-Level/Foundations Exhibition

Step back into the vibrant world of the 1920s and 1930s with Jazz Age Illustration, a major exhibition exploring the art of popular illustration during this transformative era. Featuring over 100 works by renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, John Held Jr., and Frank E. Schoonover, the exhibition delves into the cultural impact of illustration during a time of dramatic social change.

Organized by the Delaware Art Museum, Jazz Age Illustration is the first major exhibition to survey the art of popular illustration in the United States between 1919 and 1942—a vibrant and transformative era of innovation, evolving styles, social change, and expanding popular media.

Step back into the vibrant world of the 1920s and 1930s with Jazz Age Illustration, a major exhibition exploring the art of popular illustration during this transformative era. Featuring over 100 works by renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, John Held Jr., and Frank E. Schoonover, the exhibition delves into the cultural impact of illustration during a time of dramatic social change.

Organized by the Delaware Art Museum, Jazz Age Illustration is the first major exhibition to survey the art of popular illustration in the United States between 1919 and 1942—a vibrant and transformative era of innovation, evolving styles, social change, and expanding popular media.

Join us to make contributions to Wikipedia that directly relate to the University at Albany Fine Art Collections and the University Art Museum’s current and past exhibitions.

To participate, please:
1. Register here: https://albany.libcal.com/event/16227638 Walk-ins are welcome, but registration helps us plan seating.

2. Sign up for a Wikipedia editor’s account here: http://bit.ly/4jm1eTb

3. Check out this training video on how to edit Wikipedia entries where you’ll learn the basics for making your first successful contributions: File:ArtAndFeminism-full-training.webm - Wikimedia Commons
Join us to make contributions to Wikipedia that directly relate to the University at Albany Fine Art Collections and the University Art Museum’s current and past exhibitions.

To participate, please:
1. Register here: https://albany.libcal.com/event/16227638 Walk-ins are welcome, but registration helps us plan seating.
2. Sign up for a Wikipedia editor’s account here: http://bit.ly/4jm1eTb
3. Check out this training video on how to edit Wikipedia entries where you’ll learn the basics for making your first successful contributions: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ArtAndFeminism-full-training.webm

Co-sponsored by the University Libraries Climate Committee.

Step back into the vibrant world of the 1920s and 1930s with Jazz Age Illustration, a major exhibition exploring the art of popular illustration during this transformative era. Featuring over 100 works by renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, John Held Jr., and Frank E. Schoonover, the exhibition delves into the cultural impact of illustration during a time of dramatic social change.

Organized by the Delaware Art Museum, Jazz Age Illustration is the first major exhibition to survey the art of popular illustration in the United States between 1919 and 1942—a vibrant and transformative era of innovation, evolving styles, social change, and expanding popular media.

Material Shift showcases work by 13 Haudenosaunee artists who employ found objects and other unconventional materials to create or illustrate traditional cultural objects or concepts and those who, conversely, explore traditional materials in unexpected ways. Works range from playful to provocative. These events are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Institute of Museum & Library Services, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and friends and members of the Iroquois Museum. For more information contact: info@iroquoismuseum.org

Step back into the vibrant world of the 1920s and 1930s with Jazz Age Illustration, a major exhibition exploring the art of popular illustration during this transformative era. Featuring over 100 works by renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, John Held Jr., and Frank E. Schoonover, the exhibition delves into the cultural impact of illustration during a time of dramatic social change.

Organized by the Delaware Art Museum, Jazz Age Illustration is the first major exhibition to survey the art of popular illustration in the United States between 1919 and 1942—a vibrant and transformative era of innovation, evolving styles, social change, and expanding popular media.

Step back into the vibrant world of the 1920s and 1930s with Jazz Age Illustration, a major exhibition exploring the art of popular illustration during this transformative era. Featuring over 100 works by renowned artists such as Aaron Douglas, John Held Jr., and Frank E. Schoonover, the exhibition delves into the cultural impact of illustration during a time of dramatic social change.

Organized by the Delaware Art Museum, Jazz Age Illustration is the first major exhibition to survey the art of popular illustration in the United States between 1919 and 1942—a vibrant and transformative era of innovation, evolving styles, social change, and expanding popular media.

Visit the museum to view Noel W Anderson: Black Excellence. Visit the Collections Study Space to view Romare Bearden & Ralph Ellison: From the Archive and to browse our Collections.

Join artist Warren Prindle for a drawing workshop with a professional model dressed as a Jazz Age flapper. Guided exercises will unlock solid proportions, expressive gestures, and the rhythmic flow of the human form. We’ll explore both linear and tonal approaches—starting loose, building structure, and then bringing your drawing to life. No drawing experience is necessary; all materials provided.
Limited capacity, RSVP required.
About Warren Prindle
Warren Brown Prindle is an award-winning artist and educator with over four decades of experience. His fantastical landscape paintings have been exhibited across the US and abroad. Prindle has had solo exhibitions of his work at galleries in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and Milwaukee. He also has completed commissioned mural projects for clients in Boston and Chicago. Prindle is represented in numerous private and corporate collections. He taught figure and anatomical drawing at the university level. Prindle studied art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago and later earned his BA at Northeastern Illinois University and an MA Northwestern State University of Louisiana. Since 1991, he has been represented by the Carol Robinson Gallery in New Orleans, Louisiana. His art is featured in the book ‘Teach Yourself Visually Drawing.’’ He lives and works in Sharon, Connecticut.