Paint By Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s

An interesting idea, undertaking a study of the cultural implications of the paint-by-numbers fad that swept across the US during the 1950s and in the process, perhaps discovering the source of some of the absolutely garish taste that is a staple of America. In their usual sterling and through style, the Museum of American History has assembled a panel of critics, artists, hobbyists and deep-thinkers to add their two cents to the topic. Whatever you do, stay inside the lines.