Tag: Collection Spotlight

Harold Keeler, The Trapper, Trapping Beaver, c. 1936, woodblock print. 2024.21.7

Colorado’s Forgotten Printmakers: The Sterling Project

By Elaina Flemming, Graduate Class of 2027 In 1935, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) created the Federal Art Project (FAP), which gave artists jobs and opportunities to uplift their communities with murals, posters, and other public art projects. The WPA branch of Colorado collaborated with the State Historical Society to fund what was colloquially known...

PostCollection Spotlightsby Chloe LeRoy

The Thanksgiving Turkey

By Grace Monteith, Graduate Class of 2027 By the time Edward Marecak became a DU alumnus – receiving his teaching certificatefrom the university in 1955 – he had already established a prominent artistic career andeducational history. Born to immigrant parents from Slovakia, Marecak grew up nearCleveland, Ohio, before spending much of his adult life and...