The agencies that formed as part of the New Deal, an “alphabet soup” that included the Works Progress Administration, the Farm Security Administration, and the Federal Art Project, put artists to work ...

Of all of President Roosevelt’s New Deal programs ... did bring more art to more Americans than ever before or since. The WPA program in the arts led to the creation of the National Foundation ...

I have a vivid memory of sitting in a lecture hall learning about the New Deal’s funding of the arts. My mind drifted into wonderment that our government so understood the importance of art ...