Mural History
After a damaging fire in 1942, the Victory Theatre’s interior was refreshed by noted Italian American New York artist Vincent Maragliotti (1888-1978), who supervised the decorative interior treatment as part of the renowned Works Progress Administration (WPA) project. Maragliotti’s two murals depicting War and Victory were created when the outcome of WWII was in no way certain, and an integral historical part of the proscenium and the Victory’s stage surround recognized as such by the Massachusetts Historical Commission. MIFA raised funds from the National Trust for Historic Preservation's "Cynthia Woods Mitchell Fund for Historic Interiors," the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism, the Beveridge Foundation, Friends of MIFA Victory Theatre, and funds in part from the Citizens of Holyoke, MA through the Community Preservation Act, to complete this $400,000 project. Recently, MIFA completed a yearlong exhibition of the right mural lunette for display at Wistariahurst Museum as part of Holyoke’s 150th anniversary celebration.
Learn more about the Victory Theatre's historic Vincent Maragliotti murals here: www.mifafestival.org/murals
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