Posted on 02/12/2018 3:16:48 PM PST by EdnaMode
Earlier today, the National Endowment of the Arts Chairman Jane Chu released the following statement regarding President Trump's budget plan for 2019.
Today we learned that the President's FY 2019 budget proposes elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts. We are disappointed because we see our funding actively making a difference with individuals in thousands of communities and in every Congressional District in the nation.
In FY 2018 to date, the NEA has awarded 1,134 grants totaling $26.68 million to organizations and individuals in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, launched a national songwriting competition for high school students, convened four summits across the country as part of Creative Forces: NEA Military Healing Arts Network, issued a research report on the economic impact of the arts in rural communities, and distributed emergency funding to arts agencies in Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, among other activities.
We understand that the President's budget request is a first step in a very long budget process. We stand ready to assist in that process as we continue to operate as usual.
As a federal government agency, the NEA cannot engage in advocacy, either directly or indirectly. We will, however, continue our practice of educating about the NEA's vital role in serving our nation's communities.
Established by Congress in 1965, the NEA is the independent federal agency whose funding and support gives Americans the opportunity to participate in the arts, exercise their imaginations, and develop their creative capacities. Through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies, and the philanthropic sector, the NEA supports arts learning, affirms and celebrates America's rich and diverse cultural heritage, and extends its work to promote equal access to the arts in every community across America. Visit arts.gov to learn more about NEA.
Because there was no art before the NEA was created.
Get a job, artists.
Exactly
Wasn’t it the National endowment for the arts which funded “Piss Christ”??
We have to pay for that sort of “art”???
“In FY 2018 to date, the NEA has awarded 1,134 grants totaling $26.68 million”
Get rid of it. Zero it out.
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Translation: pull my finger
Let me guess:
1. Global warming will increase exponentially.
2. The poor will be most affected (even though very few watch or listen).
3. Dogs and cats living together.
4. Artists with no talent will have nowhere to display their drivel.
5. The earth will be destroyed by a rogue comet.
There are foundations for this sort of thing. Maybe the libtards could send some of their trust fund money there instead of spening it on weed and "political advocacy."
When I lived in the LA area, there was even a classical music radio station (funded by commercials) which I listed to on my commute to work.
We are disappointed because we see our funding actively making a difference with individuals in thousands of communities and in every Congressional District in the nation.
Get used to disappointment.
I've been disappointed with you for a long time.
All of the above will happen.
You are correct! They funded the depiction. Piss on them! #MAGA
Leftists can use their OWN money to fund this leftist organization, just like they do with Planned Parenthood, NO MORE GOVT FREEBIES
The fox in the henhouse responds, saying that he didn’t eat those chickens.
Annual NEA budget $146,200,000 USD (2015)
Seems like there is a lot of overhead.
Yeah, but it wasn't their money they were giving away.
It’s always other people’s money with the Left. Why isn’t Hollywood funding the arts?
Did they not offer Trump a golden toilet recently, as opposed to a piece of art he requested?
Certain I read that somewhere.....
Stop right there. There's that pesky year again. Trump should just propose nullifying every bit of legislation enacted in 1965, and all subsequent renewals.
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