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The National Serigraph Society was founded in 1940 by a group of artists involved in the WPA Federal Art Project, including Anthony Velonis, Max Arthur Cohn, and Hyman Warsager. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The creation of the society coincided with the rise of serigraphs being used as a medium for fine art. [ 4 ]
In the 1940s Maccoy's work was included in several of the Dallas Museum of Art exhibitions of the National Serigraph Society. [5] [6] [7] In 1947 Maccoy moved to Los Angeles, California where he taught at the Otis Art Institute and was a founder of the Western Serigraph Society. [4] He died on March 18, 1981 [1] in Los Angeles. [2]
The Society's "active program of traveling exhibits, lectures, and portfolios of prints helped to sustain and broaden interest in the serigraph". [27] The Dallas Museum of Art held several exhibits of the work of the National serigraph Society members in 1944, 1947, and 1951 [28] [29] [30]
1962 – Los Angeles Printmaking Society was founded by artists Connor Everts and Paul Darrow. LAPS is a national nonprofit for the encouragement and advancement of printmaking. [73] [74] 1963 (−1968) – Chiron Press founded by artist Steve Poleskie. It was the first print atelier in the greater New York area to do professional screen ...
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The next year, Velonis, Max Arthur Cohn, Warsager, and other artists co-founded the National Serigraph Society. [1] [8] [21] It started out with relatively small commercial projects, such as "rather fancy" Christmas cards that were sold to many of the upscale Fifth Avenue shops for a dollar apiece.
In 1979, the Broadway Theater and Commercial District was added to the National Register of Historic Places, with Wilson Building listed as a contributing property in the district. [ 1 ] The building sold for $3 million in 2013 [ 3 ] and ECF Art Centers moved into the building in 2014.
City Show at Greek Theatre, Los Angeles, California. (1946–47) National Orange Show, San Bernardino, California (1949–50) Los Angeles Art Association, Los Angeles, California (1949–51) Print Club, Albany, New York National Serigraph Society, New York City, N. Y. (1949)