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“1934: The Art of the New Deal.” Smithsonian, Smithsonian Institution, 1 June 2009,

www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/1934-the-art-of-the-new-deal-132242698/.
Accessed 25 Mar. 2018.

Boden, Paul. “Art and Activism: 1930s and Today.” The Huffington Post,
TheHuffingtonPost.com, 7 Dec. 2011,

www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-boden/art-activism-1930s-today_b_1098260.html.
23 Mar. 2018.

“Culture and Arts During the Depression.” Culture and Arts,

depts.washington.edu/depress/culture_arts.shtml. Accessed 23 Mar. 2018

Mank, Noah. “Art and Artists During the Great Depression.” Prezi, 14 Feb. 2014,

prezi.com/xfmbohd5yp-j/art-and-artists-during-the-great-depression/. Accessed 25
Mar. 2018.

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You could say that the Great Depression helped form the artists we have today. The Great Depression allowed artists to showcase their feelings and the reality that was their world. Artists were accepted by the public which, like I said before, helped the way we view artists and their work today!

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John Stuart Curry
“The Mississippi”

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1936 Joe Jones (American artist, 1909-1963)
The American Farm

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Joe Jones (American artist, 1909-1963)
Yellow Grain

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1930 Grant Wood (American regionalist artist, 1891-1942) American Gothic
(The artist's sister)

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As you may already know, the Great Depression wasn't the prettiest of times, leaving many people to earn the name "the untouchables": The poorest of the poor, living in make- shift shacks of cardboard and cloth.

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For the first time ever, art was deemed worthy of the public's eye. This would later cause many artists to be funded -- in other words, they would be provided with money for the work they did. The Public Works of Art Project (PWAP) was born. The administrators of the PWAP hired 3,749 artists and created 15,663 paintings, murals, prints, crafts, and sculptures for government buildings around the country. These staggering numbers were was just from the first four months of opening!

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This organization led to the  first widespread movement of artists addressing politics through their work. Their political commentary through their artwork influenced what people believed during this time. Because of this influence art was a morale booster, giving people hope for a better tomorrow.

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This time period for artists was a time for experimentation; for many artists this meant bringing their work to the general public. Artists we considered workers were given a duty through President Roosevelt's program called New deal. Here artists would paint murals, take photographs, and create posters, lithographs and woodcuts through one of the organizations called the Works Progress Administration (WPA).