Document Type
Presentation
Conference Name
2010 American Democracy Project National Meeting
Publication Date
6-18-2010
Abstract
Illinois State University, sparked by the striking images at the 2009 ADP National Meeting, hosted the Thoughts on Democracy: Reinterpreting Norman Rockwell’s Four Freedoms Posters Exhibit from February 12 to May 7, 2010. The exhibit included a lecture series of three speakers: “The Impact of Fear on Contemporary Political Dialogue,” “A Manifesto of Power and Ideals: FDR’s Four Freedoms Speech in Historical Perspective” and “Visual Culture and American Modernism in the 1930s and 1940s: Figuration and Abstraction.” We examined how a special effort was made to target the exhibit beyond the traditional social science and humanities audiences for civic and political engagement efforts.
Recommended Citation
Kahl, Chad M. and Paterson, Janet, "Thoughts on Democracy Exhibit: What about the Arts?" (2010). Faculty and Staff Publications – Milner Library. 19.
https://ir.library.illinoisstate.edu/fpml/19
Comments
Presentation at the 2010 American Democracy Project National Meeting