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Federal Art Project
Sign in to saveAlso known as WPA Federal Art Project, FWP, United States Federal Art Project, United States Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, Federal Arts Project
United States federal government: New Deal relief program to fund the visual arts and artists during the Great Depression
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Within Vinony's link graph, Federal Art Project is referenced by 552 other articles, and connects out to New York City, Washington, D.C. and Chicago.
Vinony files it under 1935 establishments in Washington, D.C., 1943 disestablishments in Washington, D.C. and American art.
Its subject is documented across 11 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- government agency
- Country
- United States
- Parent organization
- Works Progress Administration
- Subsidiary
- Index of American Design
- Chairperson
- Holger Cahill
- Image
- Federal-Art-Project-Employment-and-Activities-1936.jpg
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- Commons category
- Federal Art Project
- inception
- 1935-01-01
- has works in the collection
- National Gallery of Art
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1943-00-00
- short name
- FAP
- artist files at
- National Gallery of Art
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Categories
1935 establishments in Washington, D.C.1943 disestablishments in Washington, D.C.American artCultural history of the United StatesFederal Art ProjectGovernment agencies established in 1935Modern artMurals in the United StatesNew Deal agenciesNew Deal projects of the artsPublic art in the United StatesWorks Progress Administration