The Federal Art Project
George Vander Sluis
Children's Drawings Art museum -
classes
Color silkscreen, 1939
Prints & Photographs
Division (108.6a)
LC-USZC2-918
Unattributed
Public School Art, Sioux City Art
Center
Color silkscreen, 1939
Prints & Photographs
Division (108.6b)
LC-USZC2-868
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The Federal Art Project (FAP), which originated in 1935, existed
in forty-eight states. Its strongest outreach program was in art
education for children. FAP maintained more than 100 community art
centers across the nation, managed art programs, and held art exhibitions
of works produced by children and adults. Under this program thousands
of posters, prints, sculptures, paintings, drawings, and murals
were produced, which were then, in turn, loaned to schools, libraries,
galleries, and other institutions. These programs spawned a new
awareness of and appreciation for American art.
Estelle Levine
Amateur Contest for Children,
Final Eliminations.
New York: Federal Theater Project
Color silkscreen, 1936
Prints & Photographs Division (108.7)
[Digital ID# ppmsca-05592]
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