Federal Art Project (Va.)

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Clark was the Virginia state director of the Federal Art Project (FAP); Parker and Singleton were both directors of the Academy of Sciences and Fine Arts, Richmond, Va. The FAP was a federal relief art program established under Federal Project No. 1 of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) which provided work for unemployed artists and craftsmen during the Depression.

From the description of FAP records of Adele Clark, 1931-1963. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599800

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Lynchburg Federal Art Gallery. Papers, 1936-1939. Lynchburg Public Library
referencedIn Elizabeth Nottingham Day papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Federal Art Project records of Adele Clark Archives of American Art
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Oral history interview with Adèle Clark Archives of American Art
Relation Name
associatedWith Clark, Adèle, 1882-1983. person
associatedWith Day, Elizabeth Nottingham, 1907-1956. person
associatedWith Lynchburg Federal Art Gallery. corporateBody
associatedWith Parker, Thomas Cleveland, 1904-1967. person
associatedWith Singleton, Thomas. person
associatedWith United States. Work Projects Administration. corporateBody
associatedWith United States. Works Progress Administration. corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
Virginia
Subject
Art and state
Federal aid to the arts
Federal aid to the public welfare
New Deal, 1933-1939
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Activity

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Active 1931

Active 1963

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