Source: 'Worpswede', Wikipedia, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorpswedeWPA/Federal">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WorpswedeWPA/Federal</a> Arts Project An acronym for Works Progress Administration, WPA was a federal program established with a budget of thirty-five million dollars by the U.S. government in August 1935 during the Depression.