Thus was born the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), which in roughly the first four months of 1934 hired 3,749 artists and produced 15,663 paintings, murals, prints, crafts and sculptures for ...

A review of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's "1934: A New Deal for Artists," now at the Whatcom Museum in Bellingham, Wash.

Art Of The New Deal: How Artists Helped Redefine America During The Depression When the Roosevelt administration rolled out millions of dollars to fund artists, musicians, ...

The earlier programs, most notably the Treasury Section and the Public Works of Art Project (PWAP), synthesized with FDR’s public works programs in what you call the First New Deal, the early ...

New Deal for Artists,” a film celebrating the unique government art project that employed up to 10,000 artists during the ...

The biggest New Deal art program was the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project. Artists could earn up to $42 a week, as long as they produced something.

During the New Deal era, the U.S. Government employed thousands of artists to create tens of thousands of works of art (such as paintings, prints, and sculptures).

During the New Deal era, the U.S. Government employed thousands of artists to create tens of thousands of works of art (such as paintings, prints, and sculptures).

As the first of the New Deal acts that funded public art projects with federal money, the PWAP produced more than 15,000 works of art in just six months ...