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The Works Progress Administration (WPA; renamed in 1939 as the Work Projects Administration) was an American New Deal agency that employed millions of jobseekers (mostly men who were not formally educated) to carry out public works projects, [1] including the construction of public buildings and roads.
The Federal Art Project (1935–1943) of the Works Progress Administration was the largest of the New Deal art projects. [1] As many as 10,000 artists [2] were employed to create murals, easel paintings, sculpture, graphic art, posters, photography, Index of American Design documentation, theatre scenic design, and arts and crafts. [3]
The Federal Art Project (1935–1943) was a New Deal program to fund the visual arts in the United States. Under national director Holger Cahill, it was one of five Federal Project Number One projects sponsored by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), and the largest of the New Deal art projects.
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Museum located on the second floor of the Jefferson City Convention & Visitors Bureau, guided tours of the historic former prison Missouri Town 1855: Lee's Summit: Jackson: Northwest: Living: 30-acre antebellum open-air museum shows 19th-century life Missouri Veterinary Medical Foundation Museum: Jefferson City: Cole: Central: Medical
Photograph of the regional directors and Washington, D.C., administrative staff of the Public Works of Art Project (1934) Regional map, Public Works of Art Project The vision and advocacy of artists George Biddle and Edward Bruce are credited for the creation and management of the New Deal art programs of the United States Department of the Treasury.
On March 7, 1922, Truman agreed to become a candidate for the office of County Judge of the Eastern District of Jackson County, Missouri