Exhibits & Events
A Federal Job in the Arts: CETA and Philadelphia in the 1970s
During the period 1977-1980, artists and arts organizations in Philadelphia received significant support from the Federal Government through the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), which was the largest program of its type since the Works Progress Administration (WPA) of the 1930s. Through photographs, video documentation, and vintage ephemera the story of this program and the impact it had on the arts will be told. Also on display will artwork by a range of local artists who worked under CETA.
Roland Ayers, Joan Myers Brown, Willie Cole , Barbara Bullock, Jerry DiFalco, Terry Fox, Kenley Gardner, Jane Golden, Cathy Hopkins, Joan Kerr, Virginia Maksymowicz, Rebecca Rose Metzger, Claire Owens, James Phillips, Laurence Salzmann, Simone Spicer, Merián Soto, Blaise Tobia, David Tothero, Richard Watson, Michael Williamson
