Author: Yardley, Jonathan
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This commentary by Jonathan Yardley discusses the $10 million increase to the $110 million allocation to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for FY03. He examines the increasing bipartisan support of the this federal agency, the result of safer strategies undertaken by the NEA with its focus on mainstream art institutions rather than individual artists and writers. The author argues that although great works of art have been produced through subsidies to artists, artistic desire does not guarantee entitlement, and agrees with the governments decision to move away from individual grants.
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This commentary by Jonathan Yardley discusses the $10 million increase to the $110 million allocation to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for FY03. He examines the increasing bipartisan support of the this federal agency, the result of safer strategies undertaken by the NEA with its focus on mainstream art institutions rather than individual artists and writers. The author argues that although great works of art have been produced through subsidies to artists, artistic desire does not guarantee entitlement, and agrees with the governments decision to move away from individual grants.
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