Picturing America prints
will visit the Palouse Library on April 1st.
Dorothea Lange (18951965), Migrant Mother and Children (Destitute pea pickers in
California, a 32 year old mother of seven children), February 1936. Black-and-white
photograph. Farm Security Administration, Office of War Information Photograph
Collection. Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C.
The Colfax Library is one of
over 76,000 schools and public libraries across the nation
awarded the Picturing America program. Picturing America is a
free initiative from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
that helps teach American history and culture by bringing some
of the country's great art directly to classrooms and libraries.
"We are so pleased to receive
Picturing America," said Youth Services Librarian Sheri Miller.
"This program truly enriches library learning by allowing our
patrons of all ages immediate access to some of the nations most
important art."
The Colfax Library was
awarded 40 large, high-quality reproductions of great American
art and a comprehensive resource book to facilitate the use of
the works of art in core subjects. Picturing Americas resources
are designed to allow each work of art to enhance the study of
American history, social studies, language arts, literature, and
civics.
The Endowment is delighted
that so many students and citizens across the nation will be
benefiting from Picturing America, said NEH Chairman Bruce Cole.
Picturing America helps us understand our democracy by bringing
us face to face with the people, places, and events that have
shaped our country. It provides an innovative way to experience
Americas history through our nations art.
First piloted to 1,500
schools in January 2008, the program was launched nationally in
February 2008 and awarded to over 26,000 schools and public
libraries across the country in the first application period.
During the second application period from August 4 through
November 14, 2008, over 29,000 schools and public libraries
received Picturing America awards. In addition to schools and
public libraries, through a partnership with NEH, the
Administration for Children and Families within the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office of Head
Start has made Picturing America available to the 20,000 Head
Start centers across the nation. To date, over 76,000 schools,
public libraries, and Head Start centers nationwide have been
awarded this free education resource.
Picturing America is
distributed by the NEH in cooperation with the American Library
Association (ALA). For information about the program go to the Picturing
America website.
Everyone is invited to view
these great works of American art at the Colfax Library. If you
would like a tour of the artwork or perhaps a presentation made
to your classroom or group, please contact Sheri Miller
toll-free at 1-877-733-3375 or visit Whitman County Library
information online at our website.
Visit the Colfax Branch of
Whitman County Library to see all of these remarkable images:
Alexander Gardner (18211882), Abraham Lincoln, Pres., U.S., 1809-1865. April 10,
1865. Photographic print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
