Panel Talk: Art in Times of Crisis Oct. 7, 2:00 p.m. Inspired by OMA's exhibition Art for the People: WPA-Era Paintings from the Dijkstra Collection, this panel will offer an insightful look at ...

Talk Highlights: Meet Ranger Doug, a former Grand Teton National Park ranger who stumbled on a forgotten WPA-era poster and launched a 40-year mission to rediscover the National Park's lost art legacy ...

The WPA was a federal work-relief program for artists of all mediums during the Depression. By placing artists in service of public venues, both urban and rural, it demystified creative labor and ...

Sloan’s painting was evaluated on “Antiques Roadshow” as part of an effort to publicize the GSA’s efforts to recover lost art from the WPA era, and it was appraised at $750,000.

In Clayton, the WPA put about 6,000 people to work while using dead cows, live sheep and moonshine stills, said Charles Jordan, a local historian.

Prentiss Taylor papers, 1885-1991. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution. Collection Rights The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, ...

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was introduced in 1935 by then-President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to provide jobs and income to the growing population of unemployed in the United States.

It’s National Park Week.So I’m continuing my tradition of using this as an excuse to write about our national parks, spend a few hours in a local park, and dream about visiting some faraway ones.

Of all of President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) is the most famous, because it affected so many people’s lives. Roosevelt’s work-relief program ...