W.P.A. Federal Music Project information given regarding locations of W.P.A. schools – Vintage Poster Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: W.P.A. Federal Music Project information given regarding locations of W.P.A. schools, preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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W.P.A. Federal Music Project information given regarding locations of W.P.A. schools
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The record for this 1936 silkscreen poster names the Federal Music Project, one of the arts units of the Works Progress Administration, as its sponsor and carries a New York City music education subject heading. Its purpose was practical: it told the public where Federal Music Project classes and schools could be found. The WPA ran these arts programs during the Great Depression to keep musicians and other artists employed while bringing free or low-cost instruction and performances to ordinary communities. Posters like this one were produced by the WPA's own silkscreen workshops, which made their graphic style a lasting feature of the period.
| Created / published | 1936 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print on board (poster) : silkscreen color. |
| Notes | Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Library of Congress). Posters of the WPA / Christopher DeNoon. Los Angeles : Wheatly Press c1987 no. 249 · Federal Music Project (U.S.) sponsor. |
| Subjects | Music education--New York (State)--New York--1930-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Work Projects Administration Poster Collection |
| Original scan | 990 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | 534_WPA_Federal_Music_Proje_1936 |
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