Jim Steg Images On View with the Ghost Army Exhibit at the National WWII Museum

Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of World War II 
On view March 5 - January 3, 2021

Opening Reception: March 5, 5-8pm (WWII Museum Curator James Linn and Ghost Army Legacy Project President Rick Beyer will give a curator talk. Free and open to the public, but please register to attend: Register here.)

National World War II Museum (US Freedom Pavilion)
945 Magazine St., New Orleans, LA 70130

The National WWII Museum’s groundbreaking new exhibit, Ghost Army: The Combat Con Artists of World War II, explores the story of the US Army’s 23rd Headquarters Special Troops, known as the “Ghost Army,” who elevated battlefield deception to an art form during World War II in order to fool Adolf Hitler’s forces. Artworks and ephemera from the Jim Steg Ghost Army Collection are included in the exhibit.

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New Selection of Jim Steg Work to Join the Smithsonian

We are thrilled to announce that the Smithsonian Archives of American Art in Washington, DC has acquired a group of Jim Steg’s reference material. The selection includes Steg’s curriculums and teaching materials gathered over his 42 year teaching career, a series of original sketches, and various correspondence and documentation collected by the artist during his lifetime. This material will join two artworks by Steg already in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum along with countless other treasures in the Smithsonian collection.

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