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By Robert Cherny
 Working for the WPA, Victor Arnautoff painted thirteen fresco murals at San Francisco’s George Washington High School. Entitled the “Life of Washington,” the murals cover 1,600 square feet of the walls and ceilings of the main hallway. Arnautoff wrote in his memoirs that he wanted to show two things: the life of George Washington and “the spirit of his times.” Read more
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By Gray Brechin
 When a reporter recently asked me what most surprised me about what I’ve learned about the New Deal, I replied “The importance of aesthetics.” Read more
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By Kenneth R. Cobb
 To the eternal benefit of generations of historians and researchers, the Archives hold two extensive collections essential for exploring the New Deal in New York City.
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By Fern Nesson
 With driving tours and essays on the history and culture of each U.S. state and territory, the WPA's American Travel Guide series gives a fascinating snapshot of American life in the 1930s and the rich diversity of the country at that time. Read more
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By Robert Bakewell
 When volunteers cleared overgrowth from park’s historic horseshoe courts, they recovered two WPA sculptures from the tangle. A campaign to restore one of them is now underway. Read more
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BOOK REVIEW:
 American Expressionism: Art and Social Change 1920-1950
By Bram Dijkstra, New York: Harry M. Abrams. 2003. 272 pp. Reviewed by Gray Brechin.
Dijksta’s provocative tome is a reminder not only of an immensely rich but little-known period of American art, but of how much of the New Deal’s legacy has already been destroyed by those offended by what its artists and administrators sought to achieve for the common good. Read more
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