PWAP records of the New York Regional Committee
name: label: Creator
content: Public Works of Art Project (N.Y.)
label: Names
content: United States. Department of the Treasury
topic: label: Occupation
content: Artists -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: New Deal, 1933-1939 -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the arts -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Art and state -- New York (State)
label: Topic
content: Federal aid to the public welfare -- New York (State)
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Provenance unknown.
creator: label: Creator
content: Public Works of Art Project (N.Y.)
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: PWAP, the first of the New Deal art programs, was established under the Department of the Treasury in December 1933 to assist unemployed artists by enabling them to work on the decoration of non-federal public buildings. Although it lasted only until the following summer, it engaged nearly 4,000 artists in all parts of the country and served as an important precedent for subsequent federal art programs, such as the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. The PWAP divided the 48 states into 16 regions in order to administer its programs more efficiently.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.4 Linear Feet ((700 items))
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1933-1934
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.publwony
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: Receipts for works of art deposited with the New York Regional Committee by the Public Works of Art Project. Receipts state the artists' names, addresses, employment dates, amount, medium and location of work.