Inspired by a new exhibition of Japanese Red Cross posters at New York’s Poster House, this post explores how interwar posters were used to shape public behaviour.
Posters as a civilising force
Author: Emma West
I'm a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Birmingham. I research and write on literature, performance and the visual arts, especially in Britain from the first half of the twentieth century. https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/english/west-emma.aspx
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‘Art for the People’: Monday lecture at the BMI
This month I've been preparing for my Monday Lecture at the Birmingham and Midland Institute (BMI) on 28 October.
Review: Fifty Works by Fifty British Women Artists 1900-1950
My piece on the recent exhibition Fifty Works by Fifty British Women Artists 1900-1950 is available now at Decorating Dissidence issue 4.
Canteen Concerts & the Politics of Play
This weekend I shared my research into WWII factory canteen concerts at the ‘Play and its Potential Publics’ symposium at the Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL.
Advocates for the Arts #1: Eleanor Elder
This post, the first in a new series celebrating Advocates for the Arts, explores the forgotten women who, as secretaries, administrators and committee members, worked to extend public access to the arts in the first half of the twentieth century.
A Brief Introduction to… the Arts League of Service (ALS)
This post, the first in a series of bite-size introductions to arts organisations in modern Britain, explores the ground-breaking work of the Arts League of Service, 1919-1937.
Revolutionary Red Tape 