Discussion:
Examine the U.S. Government's support during the Great Depression for programs, such as the Federal Arts Project, the Federal Writers' Project, and other such efforts. Determine whether or not such projects were good government investments during those hard times, and provide two (2) examples that support your viewpoint. Determine in what ways the U.S. government currently tries to support the arts.
Government and the Arts:
Chapter -Federal support for the arts
Government helping the arts in hard times:
1934: The Art of the New Deal By Jerry Adler
Power of Prose-The WPA .