The full-color program features the First Day Ceremony agenda and the list of participants on one side, with narrative about the artists and their works on the reverse.

The program is tucked inside a 9 x 6-inch envelope that has one affixed, randomly selected Modern Art in America 1913-1931 (Forever) stamp and the official First Day of Issue cancellation, along with a United States Postal Service logo and the type "First Day of Issue Ceremony."