Posters for the People: Art of the WPA

Finding & celebrating lost progressive ideals on paper

Help us find and celebrate lost WPA Posters

From 1936–43, New Deal artists created 35,000 hand-printed posters of hope & inspiration after the Great Depression. Most are forgotten.

Posters for the People has found 2,292 so far. We digitally document every one we uncover. Your support will protect our traveling exhibit, digitize research bequeathed to us, fund research trips, & bring workshops to communities.

These posters are a remarkable lens into a time of recovery & positive social change in the U.S. Help us preserving their legacy!

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Posters for the People: Art of the WPA is a fiscally sponsored project of Fractured Atlas, a 501(c)(3) charity. Contributions made payable to Fractured Atlas for the purposes of Posters for the People: Art of the WPA are tax-deductible to the extent permitted by law. If you receive a reward in exchange for your donation, the fair market value of that reward will reduce the tax-deductible portion of your donation. The value of the reward you receive will be included in your donation receipt.
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