Constitution Center Invites Artists to Revisit WPA

In conjunction with their Posters for the People exhibition, the National Constitution Center is inviting local artists of all ages to contribute to the WPA Poster Contest. The Works Progress Administration, for those of you who don't remember learning about it in history class, was part of FDR's New Deal in an attempt to stimulate a depressed economy and included artists, musicians, and writers back when the arts where considered an important facet of the culture.

There are four participant categories: K-4, Middle School, High School, and Adult. One submission per artist. Posters must be 20"x30", mounted on heavy stock, and can use any type of media.

Entries can be mailed to or dropped off at the National Constitution Center, Attn: Marketing, 525 Arch Street, PA 19106 by December 1, 2009. Finalists' posters will be displayed the week of December 7, and the public will choose the winners who will receive a class trip, or in the case of the adult, a year's membership to the Center.

If you win, drop Phillyist a line. We'd love to hear about your or your students' successes!

For more info, call 215.409.6700 or visit the Center's site.