"The Big Room" by Ray V. Davis.
Benefits
To The Community
"Underground
Visions: Carlsbad Caverns Through the Artist's Eye" will
benefit countless people…in the local community,
statewide, and across the world.
•
Increased
visitation to the caverns means economic benefit for Eddy
County businesses
•
This
exhibit will educate visitors to the park about
Roosevelt’s New Deal Projects and about the arts in
general
•
Participating
contemporary artists and photographers will benefit from
having their work viewed by tens of thousands of people
annually
•
The
exhibit catalog will increase scholarly knowledge of the
cavern, its history and its artists
•
An
entire series of 25 photos by Ansel Adams will be displayed
for the public’s enjoyment for the very first time
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Promotion
of the exhibit in the media will bring attention to the
caverns and the city of Carlsbad
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The
traveling exhibit will educate Americans about the caverns,
who might not otherwise be able to visit the
park.