"An Incident in Contemporary
American Life"
by Mitchell Jameson, 1943
Mural in the Department of
Interior, Washington, DC.

The GSA Public Buildings Service has two programs to manage public art in federal facilities: the Art in Architecture Program and the Fine Arts Program.

The Art in Architecture Program commissions new artwork from living American artists for new federal facilities by working with a community-based panel to select an artist. The architect of record and the artist then work together to integrate the new artwork into the building as appropriate.

The Fine Arts Program manages the existing collection of fine arts assets under GSA's stewardship to insure their accountability, accessibility, preservation and appropriate use to enhance and promote high quality work environments for federal agencies and the public they serve.