About this Event
Who gets to shape the artistic and cultural life of a community, and who gets to tell its stories? Between 1974 and 1981, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) employed more than 30,000 artists and cultural workers in nearly 200 cities, towns, and Indigenous territories across the United States. Although CETA was not passed with artists in mind, it created the most significant federally supported arts workforce since the New Deal’s WPA, and its impact extended far beyond the artworks produced during its lifespan. Inspired by the exhibition ART/WORK: The Practice and Politics of CETA and the Arts, 1974–1981 at the CUNY Graduate Center’s James Gallery, curators Molly Garfinkel and Jodi Waynberg join visual historian Drew Thompson and others to consider CETA’s legacy.
Presented with the CUNY Graduate Center’s James Gallery.
Event venue & nearby stays
Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center, 365 5th Avenue, New York, United States
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