The WPA and the Arts

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                            The Living Newspaper: America's rapid-response drama

But in the 1930s, as part of the Works Project Administration and under the aegis of the Federal Theater Project, the Living Newspaper came into being and codified the genre, drawing on techniques first introduced by Bolshevik artists and the Italian futurists. A series of documentary plays with an activist bent, Living Newspapers used theatrical techniques to render complicated social and political issues relevant and intelligible. Playwrights researched various topics – poverty, the invasion of Ethiopia, venereal disease – and then invented a narrative and characters to dramatise them. Low ticket prices made them accessible to a popular audience.

                        
                            Interview with Tony Velonis

In December of 1994, The Library of Congress hosted a symposium on the WPA titled "Amassing 'American Stuff': The New Deal Arts Collections of the Library of Congress." The following interview with master silkscreen printer Anthony (Tony) Velonis took place at that time as one of several in-depth interviews with notable figures of the WPA projects.

The Impact of Relief and Public Works Programs on Socioeconomic Welfare During the 1930's

Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal was famous for its emergency relief and public works programs. How successful were they? As part of a large-scale project, Price Fishback and Shawn Kantor, in conjunction with William Horrace, Michael Haines, and Ryan Johnson, have examined the impact of the various work relief and public works programs on a variety of measures of economic and social welfare. This section briefly describes the main public works and relief projects and then summarizes some of the results of the studies.

Take A Look, Click On These Stories Below

•The New Deal Stage: Selections from the Federal Theatre Project, 1935-1939, Library of Congress

•Power, Arthur Arent

•WPA Radio Scripts 1936-1940, New York Public Library

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