Report from Santa Fe; Kathy Flynn

KENW-TV, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, New Mexico · March 29, 2008

On this episode of Report from Santa Fe, we celebrate 75 years of the Roosevelt Administration’s New Deal and Works Progress Administration (WPA) Artwork. During the period from 1933-1943 sewer systems, water systems, the FDIC, WPA, the Civilian Conservation Corp and Social Security were all created by Roosevelt’s New Deal programs. In New Mexico, approximately 166 artists have been identified as WPA artists, including Maria Martinez, Allan Houser, Peter Hurd, Bill Lumpkins, William Penhallow Henderson, Will Schuester, and Pablita Velarde. The 75th anniversary of the WPA was celebrated with the Library of Congress and the National Archives in Washington, DC. A Symposium at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture will focus on Native Americans' contributions during the New Deal, and will include a speaker who will discuss Totem Pole Art. Guest: Kathy Flynn (Author & Executive Director, National New Deal Preservation Association). Hostess: Lorene Mills.