Americans for the Arts: Funding Bill Cuts $5 million from NEA

Americans for the Arts: Funding Bill Cuts $5 million from NEA

By Americans for the Arts

Today, the U.S. House Interior Appropriations Committee advanced a bill to provide funding for our nation’s natural and cultural resources, proposing $145 million to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for FY2018. This is a $5 million cut from current levels and $10 million less than the request supported by a record number of members of Congress this year.

Ford Foundation: The Art of Democracy: Creative Expression and American Greatness

Ford Foundation: The Art of Democracy: Creative Expression and American Greatness

By Darren Walker

Good evening, everyone. Thank you, Thelma Golden, for your gracious introduction—and, more importantly, for your groundbreaking, visionary leadership at the Studio Museum in Harlem. And thank you, all, for this extraordinary honor: the privilege of delivering this 30th annual lecture in tribute to the incomparable Nancy Hanks.