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Subject:        Re: artists and Gov mapping
Date:   Fri, 9 Jan 2009 09:15:38 -0800
From:   Rixanne Wehren <[log in to unmask]>
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> Hi

this review is a great idea, but another possible project is getting
the Obama Admin to include some artists and cartographers in the
fiscal stimulus package for the future. A lot of the artistry in maps
came as a result of the New Deal emphasis on artists, photographers,
writers etc. in gov't projects.

how can we encourage this now?

Rixanne
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> From: "Michael Fry" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: "Maps and Air Photo Systems Forum" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 3:39:49 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada
> Central
> Subject: artists and Gov mapping
>
> Hi,
> My department's putting up an exhibit of US Gov't pubs that feature
> work done by future or otherwise
> famous artists, illustrators, etc. For example, we've got docs
> illustrated by Will Eisner, Al Capp,
> and Walt Kelly, as well as photography taken by Ansel Adams and
> Dorothea Lange on behalf of the gov't.
>
> Does anybody know if US Gov't-produced maps/charts have ever
> featured work--cartography,
> illustration, etching, etc.--done by otherwise well known artists? I
> know about James Whistler's
> brief Coast Survey career, and have several War Dep't Newsmaps that
> feature illustrations by Dr.
> Seuss and others (e.g., http://digital.library.unt.edu/permalink/meta-dc-951:2)
> .
>
> I know the theme's a little fuzzy, but if anybody has add'l
> suggestions or ideas, I'm all ears.
> Thanks very much.
> mf
>
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