Federal Art Project (Calif.) photographs
name: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
topic: label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- California
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- California -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to public welfare -- California -- Photographs
label: Topic
content: Artists -- California -- Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1975 by Richard Russell.
creator: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (Calif.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: The Federal Art Project (FAP) fell under the jurisdiction of Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA was established in May 1935 specifically as a work relief program for the millions of individuals left unemployed during the Depression. Its name changed to the Work Projects Administration in 1939 when it fell under the administrative hand of the newly created Federal Works Agency. The FAP was created in August 1935 to aid unemployed artists, following the precedent set by the Public Works of Art Project and other Treasury department art relief projects. The 48 states and territories were divided into regions and administered through the regional office.
function: label: Function
content: Agencies
label: Function
content: Programs (organizations)
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.6 Linear Feet ((ca. 165 items))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1943
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fedeartp01
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs of artists at work and photographs of their works of art.