{{short description|American artist}} {{Infobox artist | honorific_prefix = | name = Florence Kawa | honorific_suffix = | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{birth year|1912}}<ref name="SAAM" /> | birth_place = Weyerhauser, WI | death_date = {{Death year and age|2008|1912}}<ref name="SAAM" /> | death_place = Green Bay, Wisconsin | nationality = | education = | alma_mater = | known_for = | notable_works = | style = | movement = | awards = <!-- {{awd|award|year|title|role|name}} (optional) --> | website = <!-- {{URL|Example.com}} --> }} thumb|The Workers, wall hanging for the WPA Federal Art Project's Milwaukee Handicraft Project '''Florence Kawa''' (1912–2008) was an American artist.
Kawa took part in the Works Project Administration’s Federal Art Project in the 1930s. Her work is included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum,<ref name="SAAM">{{cite web |title=Florence Kawa |url=https://americanart.si.edu/artist/florence-kawa-2569 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029154436/https://americanart.si.edu/artist/florence-kawa-2569 |archive-date=29 October 2021 |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=Smithsonian American Art Museum}}</ref> the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum,<ref>{{cite web |title=Florence Kathryn Kawa |url=https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/people/4509/florence-kathryn-kawa/objects?filter=name%3AHanging%3Bdepartment%3ANew%20Deal%20Artifacts |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029154445/https://fdr.artifacts.archives.gov/people/4509/florence-kathryn-kawa/objects?filter=name%3AHanging%3Bdepartment%3ANew%20Deal%20Artifacts |archive-date=29 October 2021 |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum}}</ref> the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Florence Kawa |url=https://www.mmoca.org/artist/florence-kawa/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221013035036/https://www.mmoca.org/artist/florence-kawa/ |archive-date=13 October 2022 |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=Madison Museum of Contemporary Art |language=en-US}}</ref> and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.<ref name="IMA">{{cite web |title=fabric 'The Workers' |url=http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/52092/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029111923/http://collection.imamuseum.org/artwork/52092/ |archive-date=29 October 2021 |access-date=12 October 2022 |website=Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection |language=en}}</ref>
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