Federal Art Project

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New Deal art program government arts program

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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All labels observed (11)

Label Occurrences
Federal Art Project canonical 5
Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project 5
New Deal art programs 4

Statements (51)

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

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, Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Boston

Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
surface form: Chicago

Cleveland ⓘ
Detroit ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
Philadelphia ⓘ
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Pittsburgh

San Francisco ⓘ
Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
surface form: Seattle

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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