Spokane Art Center Records 1937-1942

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Spokane Art Center Records 1937-1942

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Educational and community organization; created by Works Progress Administration funding in 1937 as Spokane Art Center; later restructured to become Inland Empire Art Association. Charter, minutes, financial reports, press releases, biographical information concerning artists whose work was exhibited, copies of association newsletter entitled Art Horizons, bulletins, exhibition brochures, clippings, and photos, relating to various activities of the organization, including lectures sponsored, traveling exhibitions, and arts and crafts classes.

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Eastern Washington State Historical Society/Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture Joel E. Ferris Research Library and Archives

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United States. Works Progress Administration

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Organizational History President Franklin D. Roosevelt established the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1935 as a part of his New Deal to curtail the Depression's effects on the United States. The WPA attempted to provide the unemployed with jobs that allowed individuals to preserve skills or talents. The Federal Writers' Project (FWP), one branch of the WPA, provided work for over 6,600 unemployed writers, journalists, edit...

Spokane Art Center

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Art school and gallery; Spokane, Wash. Created in 1937 under State of Washington Federal Art Project, the Art Center offered free classes to the community, and displayed travelling WPA exhibits. It closed in 1942 as a result of lack of support due to wartime economies. From the description of Spokane Art Center records, 1939-1952. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122502532 Spokane Art Center is an art institute in Spokane, Wash. From the description of Oral history...

Inland Empire Art Association (Spokane, Wash.)

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