Above: This photo was taken between 1935 and 1943, and the description for it reads: "Children working at their easels in a child art class in the WPA Federal Art Gallery in Winston-Salem, N.C." Photo courtesy of the National Archives.
Above: A WPA poster, advertising free WPA art classes for children. In the Final Report on the WPA Program, 1935-43 (1947), we learn that "Teaching in the Fine Arts and in the handicrafts was done by artists employed on the WPA art projects. The classes were conducted in community centers and settlement houses and sometimes in hospitals and other public institutions. The handicraft teaching included work in print making, metal crafts, pottery, puppet making, weaving, and costume design." Image courtesy of the Library of Congress.
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