ABOUT WPA
HOW WPA UNIQUELY SUPPORTS ARTISTS ARTIST-ORGANIZED PROJECTS In 1975, WPA was founded as a socio-economic alternative to the mainstream museums that dominate the nation’s capital. In 2018, we deepened our commitment to artists in our community by officially adopting a new program model that empowers them to organize the projects and events that they want to see. Artists now organize all of our programming as an extension of their research and practices. We created this program model because artists around the world are increasingly collaborating across boundaries and borders to build community and shape discourse. We facilitate these collaborations through artist-driven inquiry. Our model provides artists with the opportunity to expand their practices and experiment without absorbing financial burdens or capacity barriers. We provide resources to create critical connections and long-lasting, mutually beneficial relationships that build artistic communities and experimental projects around knowledge-sharing.
WPA COLLECTORS’ NIGHT 2022
WPA books+editions, a rotating selection of books and prints featuring artists and thinkers with whom we’ve worked or whose ideas have informed our projects. Mural by Maps Glover.
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