![]() ![]() How did you decide to use this piece of history as the jumping off point for your novel? I was fascinated to learn about the 1934 post office mural competition. In Diane Chamberlain’s latest novel, Big Lies in a Small Town, set in Edenton, North Carolina, we meet one of the only female artists to win a commission to participate, a fictional 22-year-old New Jersey artist named Anna Dale who is murdered in 1940. In 1934, the Section of Painting and Sculpture, was tasked with commissioning 1,400 murals in federal post offices buildings across the country. ![]() In an act that seems quaint today, the federal government stepped in and tried to boost morale with art. Jobs were scarce and families were hungry. Many Americans felt hopeless in the years following the Great Depression. ![]()
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