Records, 1937-1942.

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Records, 1937-1942.

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The collection includes a journal that contains the original charter and minutes of the organization, 1937-1942. Financial reports; press releases; biographical information on artists whose work was exhibited; copies of the Center's publication, "Art Horizons"; attractively designed bulletins and exhibition brochures; clippings; and some mounted photographs all provide a thorough view of the Center's activities and popularity thoughout its brief history.

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Eastern Washington State Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7452361

Eastern Washington State Historical Society

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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 (Wash.)

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Engard, Robert?,

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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...

Federal Art Project

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The FAP projects included a broad range of events and activities which generated the various publications and materials found in the central files of the general subject series. ART FOR THE MILLIONS was a publication project about the accomplishments of the FAP consisting of a series of articles by Project workers. In addition to creating work for artists, the FAP sought to increase art appreciation as well as art sales among the general public. In doing so it devised a plan which created Nation...

Inland Empire Art Association (Spokane, Wash.)

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