Ranger Doug Leen found his first silk-screen print of an original Works Progress Administration Grand Teton National Park poster in the early ’70s, and he’s been collecting, studying, and reproducing these posters ever since. The WPA’s Federal Art Project printed more than two million posters between 1935 and 1943, but only 2,000 are known to have survived. Come meet Ranger Doug in the Whatcom Museum’s Old City Hall rotunda on May 3 and hear more about these much-loved and instantly recognizable works of art he has collected and preserved for half a century. This talk is part of the museum’s Free First Friday program and is free to attend.
If you like, you may bring your copy of Ranger Doug’s new coffee table book (or purchase one at the museum) for him to sign. Each book includes copies of 14 historic prints as well as a miniature silk-screen print of the Grand Teton poster he found so long ago. The museum will also be hosting a pop-up shop in Old City Hall with other Ranger Doug items for sale.