Art is not a matter of rare, occasional masterpieces.
This inclusive approach to employment proved successful.
By the end of its first year, the Federal Art Project employed over 5,000 artists.
Photograph of artist Eric Mose on scaffold with mural “Power” at Samuel Gompers Industrial High School for Boys, Bronx, New York(Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
By 1943, this number doubled, culminating in hundreds of thousands of artworks.
Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of Index of American Design, ca.
Since 2001, however, theU.S.
“Exhibition of Paintings” Poster, ca. 1936-1941(Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Sculpture workshop in New York sponsored by the Federal Art Project, C. 1940(Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of “Index of American Design,” ca. 1936-1938(Photo:Wikimedia Commons[Public Domain])
