Federal Art Project

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The Federal Art Project was a New Deal initiative that employed thousands of artists across the United States to create public artworks, murals, posters, and art education programs during the Great Depression.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New Deal art program
government arts program
appliesToJurisdiction United States
country United States
dissolved 1943
employed art teachers
designers
painters
photographers
printmakers
sculptors
thousands of artists
foundedBy United States federal government
fundedBy United States federal government
genre art education
graphic design
mural painting
poster design
public art
hasPart Index of American Design
WPA murals program
linked to: Federal Art Project

WPA poster program
art education programs
community art centers
inception 1935
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
mainSubject visual arts
operatedBy WPA
Works Progress Administration
parentOrganization Works Progress Administration
partOf New Deal
Works Progress Administration
purpose expand access to art education
provide employment for artists during the Great Depression
support public art
significantEvent creation of thousands of public murals
establishment of community art centers
production of WPA posters
temporalCoverage Great Depression
workLocation Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
Detroit
Los Angeles
New Orleans
New York City
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Seattle

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Works Progress Administration program Federal Art Project
Federal Art Project hasPart WPA murals program
linked to: Federal Art Project
Index of American Design sponsor Federal Art Project
Index of American Design partOf Federal Art Project
Index of American Design movement New Deal arts programs
linked to: Federal Art Project
Works Progress Administration program Federal Art Project
subject linked to: WPA
Federal Project Number One hasPart Federal Art Project
Jackson Pollock employer Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project
linked to: Federal Art Project
Public Works of Art Project followedBy Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project
linked to: Federal Art Project
Lee Krasner employer Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project
linked to: Federal Art Project
Ralph Stackpole participatedIn New Deal federal art projects
linked to: Federal Art Project
John Langley Howard participatedIn New Deal art programs
linked to: Federal Art Project
John Ferrell partOf New Deal arts programs
linked to: Federal Art Project
Section of Painting and Sculpture distinctFrom Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project
linked to: Federal Art Project
Paul Carter movement New Deal arts programs
linked to: Federal Art Project
Life of Washington (George Washington High School murals) artMovement New Deal muralism
linked to: Federal Art Project
Life of Washington (George Washington High School murals) commissionedBy U.S. New Deal art programs
linked to: Federal Art Project
Murals at George Washington High School, San Francisco commissionedUnder New Deal art programs
linked to: Federal Art Project
Murals at Palo Alto Medical Clinic movement New Deal art
linked to: Federal Art Project
Murals at Richmond Post Office movement New Deal art movement
linked to: Federal Art Project
Murals at Richmond Post Office commissionedBy U.S. Treasury Department art program
linked to: Federal Art Project
Charles White employer Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project
linked to: Federal Art Project
Jersey Homesteads mural partOf New Deal art programs
linked to: Federal Art Project
Bernarda Bryson Shahn participantIn New Deal art programs
linked to: Federal Art Project