As the coronavirus pandemic drastically undermines the economy, arts administrator Deana Haggag finds herself in brand new territory. Haggag, the president and CEO of United States Artists (USA), told ...

Dante Brown packs orders for the Roots Rising Virtual Farmers Market in Pittsfield. Brown, a choreographer and dancer paired with Roots Rising and Jacob's Pillow, is one of six artists working with ...

The City of New York will put some artists to work this summer with a $25 million program inspired by the New Deal's Works Progress Administration (WPA). Announced yesterday, May 6, the recovery ...

The Works Progress Administration provided jobs to 8.5 million Americans between 1935 and 1943 during the Great Depression and the first years of World War II. Jobs ranged from graveling city streets ...

With the U.S. economy in tatters, two New York state lawmakers have come up with a plan inspired by the economic crisis brought by the Great Depression. 109th district Assemblywoman Pat Fahy, a ...

HUDSON – The Hudson Arts Emergency Program, a community-funded, WPA-style project, will support individual artists with stipends for projects that speak to life in Hudson during the COVID-19 pandemic ...