Iowa community art centers photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Iowa)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The provenance of this collection is unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Iowa)
setName: label: See more items in
content: Iowa community art centers photographs
abstract: label: Summary
content: The Iowa Community Art Centers photographs date from 1938 to 1939. Photographs are of Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration art center interiors in Mason City and Sioux City, Iowa.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Community art centers were established under the Art Education Division of the Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. The art centers served as a means of promoting the arts throughout the general population and providing a place for artists to work and to teach classes in art to adults and children.
function: label: Function
content: Agencies -- Iowa
label: Function
content: Art centers -- Iowa
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Microfilm reel
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1938-1939
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fedeartp03
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Microfilm reels
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: Due to the pre-existing microfilm arrangement, the collection is arranged as one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was microfilmed on Reel NDA16 and was returned to the unknown donor after filming. The microfilm was described in a finding aid by Jayna Josefson in 2025 and the microfilm was digitized in 2024 with funding provided by the Smithsonian Collections Information System (CIS) IRM Pool Fund.
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: The collection has been microfilmed on reel NDA16 The microfilm has been digitized and is available on the Archives of American Art website.
originalsloc: label: Existence and Location of Originals
content: Originals returned to lender.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Iowa Community Art Centers photographs date from 1938 to 1939. Photographs are of Federal Art Project, Works Progress Administration art center interiors in Mason City and Sioux City, Iowa.