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The Influence of Progressivism and the Works Progress Administration on Museum Education
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DiCindio, Carissa; Steinmann, Callan – Journal of Museum Education, 2019
The Federal Arts Project (WPA-FAP) (1935-1943) of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a federally funded program designed through Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal to keep visual artists at work during the Great Depression. Many of these arts programs took place through museums and exhibitions, bringing the visual arts to everyday Americans…
Descriptors: Museums, Nonschool Educational Programs, Federal Programs, Visual Arts