#338 A New Deal for the Arts: Murals, Music and Theatrical Mayhem
The Bowery Boys: New York City History
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Federal One
Federal one was created in july f 19 35, and would operate much differently than a lot of these other new deal programmes. They first of all divided it by artistic medium. Not only were these divided by the kind of art form, they were also gove centrally, but also divided into regions of the united states o would have. Each programme would have a kind of like regional intro structure and how different kinds of pieces of art were commissioned. So they were breaking down the administration into these regional offices and encouraging the artist to explore distinctly american forms of art that were already out there. In amplifying those voices right now, that is very different, obviously, than employing people to build
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