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During World War I, the American Government used a powerful poster campaign to rally all troops and farmers, housewives and shipbuilders, “old-stock Americans,” and immigrants to the cause. Propaganda, commodity, and art came together in WWI posters. Antje K. Gamble, exhibition curator and 2013-2014 Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fellow at UMMA, will introduce these rarely displayed WWI posters from UMMA’s collection and the ways in which artists were called to action to mobilize diverse American citizens to bolster the war effort. Lead support for this exhibition is provided by the Herbert W. and Susan L. Johe Endowment.