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The Associated American Artists (AAA) revolutionized modern print collecting in the period following the Great Depression. Founded by Reeves Lewenthal in 1934, the AAA aimed to provide affordable fine works of art to the middle and upper classes across the United States. Publishing limited print editions of 250 to be sold for $5 apiece (roughly $88 today), the AAA brought prints to the people through mail-order campaigns, department store sales, and eventually a traveling-exhibition program. Lewenthal controlled which artists and subjects were published under the AAA name, focusing on themes that represented the \u201cAmerican Scene.\u201d Rejecting European modernism and abstraction, Lewenthal selected American Regionalist and Social Realist works that explored the communities and lifestyles of everyday people, as well as prominent social concerns of the 1930s and 40s\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the AAA gained renown for publishing popular artists like Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Steuart Curry, Associated American Artists<\/em> extends its reach to prints by lesser-known artists, foreign artists working in America, and Latin American printmakers. The labor and leisure of farm life, industrial life pre- and post-war, and family dynamics of the time all permeated the works of AAA artists and are showcased in this exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Organized by the Portland Art Museum and curated by Chyna Bounds, Research Assistant for Prints and Drawings. This exhibition is supported in part by the Vivian and Gordon Gilkey Endowment for Graphic Arts and the Exhibition Series Sponsors.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Museum is conveniently located on the historic Park Blocks in the center of downtown Portland, which is easy to get around by public transit or on foot. The Portland Business Alliance has installed way-finding signs which direct you to the cultural district, where the Museum is located.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parking<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There is generally plenty of street parking surrounding the Museum. These spaces range from 1 \u2013 4 hours and can be paid for using a credit card or the Parking Kitty app<\/a>. There are also surface parking lots, and parking garages within 1 \u2013 4 blocks of the Museum. The closest surface lot is located at SW Main St. between SW 10th Ave. and Park Ave, and there are dedicated accessible and van accessible spaces. This lot accepts credit card or the Reef app<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Public transit<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Getting to get to the Museum by public transportation is straightforward and economical. The bus and streetcar travel directly past the Museum, and the MAX light rail has a stop only four blocks away.\u00a0TriMet\u2019s Trip Planner<\/a>\u00a0gives you step-by-step travel directions from your location by bus, light rail, or streetcar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n