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NEWS ABOUT: National Endowment for the Arts

National Endowment for the Arts stories: 9 news summaries
OPINION

NEA Is Playing Politics, Filmmaker Charges


Aug 27, 09 11:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - The National Endowment for the Arts recently encouraged artists to create works that focus on “health care, energy and environment, safety and security, education, community renewal”—a disturbing step away from the its actual mandate, filmmaker Patrick Courrielche writes for Big Hollywood. “Artists shouldn’t be used... More »

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art • National Endowment for the Arts • mandates • consensus • artists

Obama's Inclusive Message Extends to White House Walls

Call for art includes minority painters, abstract works

May 22, 09 12:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - More change is coming to Washington, and this time it’s aesthetic. President Obama’s request for works from African-American, Hispanic, and female artists to adorn the White House walls stems from a desire to “round out the permanent collection” and “give new voices” to non-traditional or low-profile... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • White House • art • modern art • minorities • National Endowment for the Arts • Jay-ZTV

 First Lady 
 Praises Arts 
 on NYC Visit 

Michelle attends ballet gala, reopening of
Met's American wing

May 19, 09 5:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama emphasized the administration's support for the arts on a visit to New York City yesterday, the New York Times reports. Speaking at the ribbon-cutting for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's partially reopened American wing and at the star-studded opening night of the American Ballet Theater, the first lady... More »

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Michelle Obama • art • American Ballet Theatre • National Endowment for the Arts • Metropolitan Museum of Art • first lady

(Newser) - Though the National Endowment for the Arts is encouraging communities to get together and devour the same book, literature director David Kipen has gone a bit further with tiny Kelleys Island, Ohio, the Sandusky Register reports. If the island’s 128 inhabitants don’t all read To Kill a Mockingbird,... More »

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Ohio • island • Harper Lee • To Kill A Mockingbird • National Endowment for the Arts • NEA • David Kipen • Sandusky • The Big Read

 More Americans 
 Reading Fiction: NEA 

Study indicates literary decline might be reversing

Jan 12, 09 1:37 PM CST
(Newser) - The percentage of Americans reading fiction has increased for the first time in years, a new study by the National Endowment for the Arts indicates. The reported 50.2% of the population who picked up a book for pleasure marks a turnaround from a statistical decline in literary culture over... More »

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Harry Potter • Internet • literature • reading • libraries • book • National Endowment for the Arts • Oprah's Book Club • Twilight

ANALYSIS

Recession, Losing Bush as Muse Will Hurt US Artists

Economic woes will put creativity in the red

Nov 4, 08 5:05 PM CST
(Newser) - The end of the Bush era could mean tough times for the arts, the Morgan Falconer writes in the Times of London. Not only will artists, filmmakers, and writers lose the muse who has inspired critical works, but the economic crisis will drain financial support. John McCain already implied he... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • theater • film • art • National Endowment for the Arts • Election 2008 • George W. Bush

An Outsider Becomes Poet Laureate

Kay Ryan, master of introverted verse, takes the national stage

Jul 17, 08 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kay Ryan, a poet from Fairfax, Calif., with a reputation as an individualist, has been chosen as the nation's new poet laureate. The 62-year-old writer is known for her sly, concise verse that incorporates plays on words and uses intricate rhyme structures. Despite receiving many of the field's highest accolades,... More »

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literature • poet laureate • poetry • National Endowment for the Arts • Kay Ryan • Emily Dickinson

Census Paints Picture of America's Artists

2M work in the arts, outnumbering doctors and lawyers

Jun 12, 08 9:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - America has an army of artists that rivals the military in size, the New York Times reports. The National Endowment of the Arts has used census figures to paint a portrait of the almost 2 million Americans making their living from artistic professions—more, the Times notes, than the number... More »

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art • artistic expression • artist • US Census • National Endowment for the Arts

Is Our Children Reading?

No, and neither are teenagers and adults, new study finds

Nov 19, 07 12:46 PM CST
(Newser) - As far as young people are concerned, books are so 20th century. Reading's popularity has fallen as gadgets have taken over modern life, according to a new National Endowment for the Arts report. Only a third of high school seniors read at a proficient level. “And proficiency is not... More »

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children • literacy • reading • book • National Endowment for the Arts

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