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==Community Art Center program== {{multiple image <!-- Essential parameters --> | align = right | direction = vertical | width = 220 <!-- Image 1 --> | image1 =Music in Paint, Jacksonville, Florida Negro Federal Gallery - NARA - 196010.tif | alt1 = | caption1 =Jacksonville Negro Art Center, Jacksonville, Florida <!-- Image 2 --> | image2 =Eleanor-Roosevelt-South-Side-Art-Center-1941.jpg | alt2 = | caption2 =[[Eleanor Roosevelt]] at the dedication of the [[South Side Community Art Center]], Chicago, Illinois (May 7, 1941) <!-- Image 3 --> | image3 =Mason-City-Art-Center-Poster.jpg | alt3 = | caption3 =Poster for the opening of the Mason City Art Center, Mason City, Iowa (1941) <!-- Image 4 --> | image4 =Walker-Art-Center-class-1941.jpg | alt4 = | caption4 =Children's art class at the [[Walker Art Center]], Minneapolis, Minnesota <!-- Image 5 --> | image5 =Roswell-Art-Center.jpg | alt5 = | caption5 =American design exhibit at the [[Roswell Museum and Art Center]], Roswell, New Mexico (1941) <!-- Image 6 --> | image6 =Harlem-Art-Center-Poster.jpg | alt6 = | caption6 =Poster for the [[Harlem Community Art Center]], New York City (1938) <!-- Image 7 --> | image7 =Students-Harlem-Community-Art-Center-1938.jpg | alt7 = | caption7 =Class at the Harlem Community Art Center (January 1, 1938) <!-- Image 8 --> | image8 =Greensboro-Art-Center-Poster.jpg | alt8 = | caption8 =Poster for the open house of the Greensboro Art Center, Greensboro, North Carolina (1937) <!-- Image 9 --> | image9 =WPA Federal Art Center at the Municipal Auditorium in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - NARA - 196145.tif | alt9 = | caption9 =[[Civic Center Music Hall|Oklahoma Art Center]], Oklahoma City, Oklahoma <!-- Image 10 --> | image10 =WPA Art Center in Gold Beach, Oregon - NARA - 196006.tif | alt10 = | caption10 =Curry County Art Center, Gold Beach, Oregon }} The first federally sponsored community art center opened in December 1936 in Raleigh, North Carolina.<ref name="ALA"/> {| class="wikitable" |- ! State ! City ! Name ! Notes |- | [[Alabama]] | [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] | | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Alabama | Birmingham | Healey School Art Gallery | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Alabama | [[Mobile, Alabama|Mobile]] | Mobile Art Center, Public Library Building | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | [[Arizona]] | [[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]] | Phoenix Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | District of Columbia | [[Washington, D.C.]] | Children's Art Gallery | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | [[Florida]] | [[Bradenton, Florida|Bradenton]] | Bradenton Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Florida | [[Coral Gables, Florida|Coral Gables]] | Coral Gables Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Florida | [[Daytona Beach, Florida|Daytona Beach]] | Daytona Beach Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Florida | [[Jacksonville, Florida|Jacksonville]] | Jacksonville Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Florida | Jacksonville | Jacksonville Beach Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Florida | Jacksonville | Jacksonville Negro Art Center | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/152744 |title=Children drawing at the Jacksonville Negro Art Center of the WPA Federal Art Project- Jacksonville, Florida |website=Florida Memory |publisher=State Library and Archives of Florida |access-date=2015-10-27 }}</ref> |- | Florida | [[Key West, Florida|Key West]] | Key West Community Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Florida | [[Miami, Florida|Miami]] | Miami Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Florida | [[Milton, Florida|Milton]] | Milton Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Florida | [[New Smyrna Beach, Florida|New Smyrna Beach]] | New Smyrna Beach Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Florida | [[Ocala, Florida|Ocala]] | Ocala Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Florida | [[Pensacola, Florida|Pensacola]] | Pensacola Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Florida | [[St. Petersburg, Florida|St. Petersburg]] | Jordan Park Negro Exhibition Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|441}} |- | Florida | St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | Florida | St. Petersburg | St. Petersburg Civic Exhibition Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | Florida | [[Tampa, Florida|Tampa]] | Tampa Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | Florida | Tampa | [[West Tampa]] Negro Art Gallery | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | [[Illinois]] | [[Chicago]] | [[Hyde Park Art Center]] | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | [[Illinois]] | [[Chicago]] | [[South Side Community Art Center]] | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | [[Iowa]] | [[Mason City, Iowa|Mason City]] | Mason City Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | Iowa | [[Ottumwa, Iowa|Ottumwa]] | Ottumwa Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | Iowa | [[Sioux City, Iowa|Sioux City]] | [[Sioux City Art Center]] | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | [[Kansas]] | [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]] | Topeka Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | [[Minnesota]] | [[Minneapolis]] | [[Walker Art Center]] | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}}<ref name="Rash WPA Roots">{{cite news |last=Rash |first=John |date=January 30, 2015 |title=The Walker's WPA roots are still relevant today|url=http://www.startribune.com/the-walker-s-wpa-roots-are-still-relevant-today/290391651/ |newspaper=[[Star Tribune]] |location=[[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]] |access-date=2015-06-21 }}</ref> |- | [[Mississippi]] | [[Greenville, Mississippi|Greenville]] | Delta Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | Mississippi | [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]] | [[University of Mississippi Museum|Oxford Art Center]] | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}}<ref>{{cite book |last=Grieve |first=Victoria |date=2009 |title=The Federal Art Project and the Creation of Middlebrow Culture|location=Urbana |publisher=[[University of Illinois Press]] |page=145 |isbn=9780252034213 }}</ref> |- | Mississippi | [[Sunflower, Mississippi|Sunflower]] | Sunflower County Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | [[Missouri]] | [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]] | The People's Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | [[Montana]] | [[Butte, Montana|Butte]] | Butte Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | Montana | [[Great Falls, Montana|Great Falls]] | Great Falls Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|442}} |- | [[New Mexico]] | [[Gallup, New Mexico|Gallup]] | Gallup Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}}<ref name="WPA Art Gallup New Mexico"/> |- | New Mexico | [[Melrose, New Mexico|Melrose]] | Melrose Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | New Mexico | [[Roswell, New Mexico|Roswell]] | [[Roswell Museum and Art Center]] | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | [[New York City]] | [[Brooklyn]] | Brooklyn Community Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | New York City | [[Manhattan]] | [[92nd Street Y|Contemporary Art Center]] | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.92y.org/Uptown/Milstein-Rosenthal-Center-for-Media-Technology/92Y-Archives/Collection-Descriptions-and-Finding-Aids/Arts-and-Culture.aspx |title=Arts and Culture, Art Center records 1930–2004, Finding Aid |last=Abbott |first=Leala |date=December 2004 |website=Milstein/Rosenthal Center for Media & Technology |publisher=[[92nd Street Y]] |access-date=2015-06-21 |quote=In 1935 and 1936, 92Y, in cooperation with the federal Works Progress Administration (W.P.A.) and the New York City Board of Education, began offering free courses … The Contemporary Art Center, part of the W.P.A.'s Federal Art Project, offered daytime courses for serious art students and was led by Nathaniel Dirk. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621213159/http://www.92y.org/Uptown/Milstein-Rosenthal-Center-for-Media-Technology/92Y-Archives/Collection-Descriptions-and-Finding-Aids/Arts-and-Culture.aspx |archive-date=2015-06-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | New York City | [[Harlem]] | [[Harlem Community Art Center]] | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | New York City | [[Flushing, Queens]] | Queensboro Community Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | [[North Carolina]] | [[Cary, North Carolina|Cary]] | Cary Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | North Carolina | [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]] | Greensboro Art Center | <ref name="ALA">{{cite journal |last=Parker |first=Thomas C. |date=October 15, 1938 |title=Federally Sponsored Community Art Centers |url=http://newdeal.feri.org/ala/al38807.htm |journal=Bulletin of the American Library Association |publisher=[[American Library Association]] |volume=32 |issue=11 |page=807 |access-date=2015-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150919190719/http://newdeal.feri.org/ala/al38807.htm |archive-date=September 19, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |- | North Carolina | [[Greenville, North Carolina|Greenville]] | Greenville Art Gallery | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | North Carolina | [[Raleigh, North Carolina|Raleigh]] | Crosby-Garfield School | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | North Carolina | Raleigh | [[Needham B. Broughton High School]] | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | North Carolina | Raleigh | Raleigh Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | North Carolina | [[Wilmington, North Carolina|Wilmington]] | Wilmington Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | [[Oklahoma]] | [[Bristow, Oklahoma|Bristow]] | Bristow Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | Oklahoma | [[Claremore, Oklahoma|Claremore]] | Claremore Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | Oklahoma | Claremore | Will Rogers Public Library | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | Oklahoma | [[Clinton, Oklahoma|Clinton]] | Clinton Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | Oklahoma | [[Cushing, Oklahoma|Cushing]] | Cushing Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | Oklahoma | [[Edmond, Oklahoma|Edmond]] | Edmond Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | Oklahoma | [[Marlow, Oklahoma|Marlow]] | Marlow Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | [[Oklahoma]] | [[Oklahoma City]] | [[Civic Center Music Hall|Oklahoma Art Center]] | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | Oklahoma | [[Okmulgee, Oklahoma|Okmulgee]] | Okmulgee Art Center | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | Oklahoma | [[Sapulpa, Oklahoma|Sapulpa]] | Sapulpa Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | Oklahoma | [[Shawnee, Oklahoma|Shawnee]] | Shawnee Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | Oklahoma | [[Skiatook, Oklahoma|Skiatook]] | Skiatook Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|443}} |- | [[Oregon]] | [[Gold Beach, Oregon|Gold Beach]] | Curry County Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Oregon | [[La Grande, Oregon|La Grande]] | Grande Ronde Valley Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Oregon | [[Salem, Oregon|Salem]] | Salem Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | [[Pennsylvania]] | [[Somerset, Pennsylvania|Somerset]] | Somerset Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | [[Tennessee]] | [[Chattanooga, Tennessee|Chattanooga]] | [[University of Tennessee at Chattanooga|Hamilton County]] Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Tennessee | [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] | [[LeMoyne–Owen College|LeMoyne]] Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Tennessee | [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]] | [[Peabody College|Peabody]] Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Tennessee | [[Norris, Tennessee|Norris]] | Anderson County Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | [[Utah]] | [[Cedar City, Utah|Cedar City]] | Cedar City Art Exhibition Association | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Utah | [[Helper, Utah|Helper]] | Helper Community Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Utah | [[Price, Utah|Price]] | Price Community Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Utah | [[Provo, Utah|Provo]] | Provo Community Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Utah | [[Salt Lake City]] | [[University of Utah|Utah State]] Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | [[Virginia]] | [[Altavista, Virginia|Altavista]] | Altavista Extension Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |- | Virginia | [[Big Stone Gap, Virginia|Big Stone Gap]] | Big Stone Gap Art Gallery | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Virginia | [[Lynchburg, Virginia|Lynchburg]] | Lynchburg Art Gallery | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Virginia | [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]] | Children's Art Gallery | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Virginia | [[Saluda, Virginia|Saluda]] | Middlesex County Museum | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | [[Washington (state)|Washington]] | [[Chehalis, Washington|Chehalis]] | Lewis County Exhibition Center | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Washington | [[Pullman, Washington|Pullman]] | [[Washington State University|Washington State College]] | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}} |- | Washington | [[Spokane, Washington|Spokane]] | [[Spokane Art Center]] | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|444}}<ref name="Mahoney SAC">{{cite web |url=http://depts.washington.edu/depress/spokane_art_center.shtml |title=The Spokane Arts Center: Bringing Art to the People |last=Mahoney |first=Eleanor |date=2012 |website=The Great Depression in Washington State |publisher=Pacific Northwest Labor and Civil Rights Project, [[University of Washington]] |access-date=2015-06-23}}</ref> |- | [[West Virginia]] | [[Morgantown, West Virginia|Morgantown]] | Morgantown Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |- | West Virginia | [[Parkersburg, West Virginia|Parkersburg]] | Parkersburg Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |- | West Virginia | [[Scotts Run, West Virginia|Scotts Run]] | Scotts Run Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |- | [[Wyoming]] | [[Casper, Wyoming|Casper]] | Casper Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |- | Wyoming | [[Lander, Wyoming|Lander]] | Lander Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |- | Wyoming | [[Laramie, Wyoming|Laramie]] | Laramie Art Center | <ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |- | Wyoming | [[Newcastle, Wyoming|Newcastle]] | Lander Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |- | Wyoming | [[Rawlins, Wyoming|Rawlins]] | Rawlins Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |- | Wyoming | [[Riverton, Wyoming|Riverton]] | Riverton Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |- | Wyoming | [[Rock Springs, Wyoming|Rock Springs]] | Rock Springs Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |- | Wyoming | [[Sheridan, Wyoming|Sheridan]] | Sheridan Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |- | Wyoming | [[Torrington, Wyoming|Torrington]] | Torrington Art Gallery | Extension art gallery<ref name="Kalfatovic"/>{{Rp|445}} |}
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