Photographs of work by Federal Art Project artists in New Mexico
name: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (N.M.)
label: Names
content: Museum of New Mexico. Art Gallery
label: Names
content: United States. Work Projects Administration
label: Names
content: United States. Works Progress Administration
label: Names
content: Chapman, Manville
label: Names
content: Kavin, Zena
label: Names
content: Kloss, Gene, 1903-
label: Names
content: Morris, James Stovall, 1898-1973
topic: label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- New Mexico
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the public welfare -- New Mexico
label: Topic
content: Artists -- United States -- Photographs
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Prints purchased from Fine Arts Gallery, Museum of New Mexico, 1964.
creator: label: Creator
content: Federal Art Project (N.M.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Federal aid art project during the Depression. The Federal Art Project (FAP) fell under the jurisdiction of Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), established in May 1935 specifically as a work relief program for unemployed artists. Each state and territory had its own programsand were administered aid from the federal government via a local agency.
function: label: Function
content: Programs (organizations)
label: Function
content: Agencies
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 40 Items ((on partial microfilm reel))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1935-1943
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.fedeartp04
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
altformavail: label: Existence and Location of Copies
content: 35mm microfilm reel NDA 15 available for use at Archives of American Art offices and through interlibrary loan.
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Photographs of works by FAP New Mexico artists: Gene Kloss, Manville Chapman, Zena Kavin, and James S. Morris, from the collection of the Museum of New Mexico Fine Arts Gallery; and a checklist of the photographed work.