1970's

1970        Apr 22, The first Earth Day and Earth Week was celebrated and millions protested pollution on Earth and their concern for the environment.

1970's 

Salvador Dali was obsessed with food and wrote extensively about it. He devoted a cookbook to his wife and muse,Gala: Les Diners de Gala, published in 1973.


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1970's 

1972 : The Woman's Caucus for Art was founded in Floreda . The first year had a total of 4,000 members consisting of artists, teachers, administrators, students, and friends of art. The purpose of this organization is to promote further opportunities for women in the art community. 

1970's 

1971 : The Amazing Spider Man #96 is released. Although this story features an anti-drug theme, it is still denied the CCA Comics Code logo because it shows actual drug use. Most vendors decide to sell the book regardless, fearing a lack in sales. 

1972 : 

Graffiti became a new American art form created by Black and Latino teens. A Puerto Rican sociology student, Hugo Martinez, established the United Graffiti Artists (UGA) in 1972. Prior to the creation of the UGA, graffiti was considered only as vandalism. The following summer, graffiti art, formerly found only in the streets, was introduced to upscale galleries in Soho, New York. This created a new respect for graffiti in the art world. Graffiti art is one way to introduce multicultural art to students in the classroom.

1970's

1976:  The Joe Kurbert School of Graphic Art is founded. JKS is the first and currently the leading school for formal training in comic book art. It offers a three-year program and the school is located in Dover, New Jersey.

- In 1972, The first exhibition of Artists' Books takes place at Nigel Greenwood Gallery in London. 

In 1972 the Nigel Greenwood Gallery in London mounted an exhibition of artists' books and issued a catalogue with a greatly expanded bibliography (now nearly 300 titles) compiled by Lynda Morris. The exhibition was the first of its kind and the catalogue a genuinely historic publication