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The Artists Union or Artists' Union was a short-lived union of artists in New York in the years of the Great Depression. It was influential in the establishment of both the Public Works of Art Project in December 1933 and the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration in August 1935. It functioned as the principal meeting-place ...
The Federal Art Project was the visual arts arm of Federal Project Number One, a program of the Works Progress Administration, which was intended to provide employment for struggling artists during the Great Depression. Funded under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, it operated from August 29, 1935, until June 30, 1943. It was ...
The Federal Art Project (1935–1943) of the Works Progress Administration was the largest of the New Deal art projects. [1] As many as 10,000 artists [2] were employed to create murals, easel paintings, sculpture, graphic art, posters, photography, Index of American Design documentation, theatre scenic design, and arts and crafts. [3]
Federal Project Number One, also referred to as Federal One (Fed One), is the collective name for a group of projects under the Works Progress Administration, a New Deal program in the United States. Of the $ 4.88 billion allocated by the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935 , [ 1 ] $27 million was approved for the employment of artists ...
The Artists' Union formed in February 1934 and its activities helped precipitate the WPA Federal Art Project; during the same period, The American Artists' Congress formed in 1935, having ties to the American Communist Party. All founding members of The Ten were members of both groups. [13]
Pages in category "Federal Art Project artists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 401 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Gottlieb was a leader and active member of the Artists Union and the Artists Congress. Art historian Helen Langa writes: "The WPA Federal Art Project opened the Harlem Community Art Center in 1937, [6] one of four WPA-FAP Community Art Centers set up in New York. [6] (WPA artist) Riva Helfond was brought in to set up the Center’s printmaking ...
People of the New Deal arts projects during the Great Depression in the United States: artists, writers, performers (music, dance, theatre), archivists and artisans creating and working for the Public Works of Art Project (1933–1934); the Section of Painting and Sculpture; and/or the Work Projects Administration Federal Project Number One programs: the Federal Art Project (1935–1943 ...