Arts Funding Cuts

Is Federal Money The Best Way To Fund The Arts?

Posted 05.01.2012

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Is federal funding the best way to fund the arts? The worst? We've asked two experts on opposing sides to argue their case.

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Securing Our Future: Investment in the Arts Not a Handout

Jennifer H. Goulet | Posted 04.07.2012

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Jennifer H. Goulet

Funding support for the arts represented just 3.7 cents per $10,000 of Michigan state spending in Fiscal Year 2011. Knowing the arts were more valuable than a few cents, we knew better arguments were needed to prove it.

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Can The Arts Survive Without Banks?

Carey Perloff | Posted 03.10.2012

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Carey Perloff

By supporting a local arts organization, a bank helps ensure the survival of a strong community ecosystem while at the same time raising its own profile in the business community. That's the equation. If we don't want to traffic in that equation, we shouldn't accept the support.

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Website Chronicles Fallout Of UK Arts Cutbacks

ARTINFO | Posted 08.19.2011

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England's historically well-funded arts community was left reeling after a series of March budget cuts eliminated funding for over 200 previously subs...

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The First Casualty Is Always Art (VIDEO)

Michal Shapiro | Posted 08.19.2011

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Michal Shapiro

Last year I attended the Dutch Jazz and World Meeting (DJWM) in Amsterdam. The event was beautifully organized, with a trade fair during the day, and ...

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Mister President: The Kennedy Center for What?

Freddie Gershon | Posted 06.19.2011

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Freddie Gershon

The Kennedy Center is a physical, tangible as well as an organic living reminder of the Kennedy years and a legacy of a President who brought idealism...

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UK Arts Funding Slashed

AP | By JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.30.2011

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LONDON -- Hundreds of British arts organizations had their public funding slashed or eliminated Wednesday, the result of government spending cuts aime...

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VOTE: House Votes to Defund NPR, Are You Outraged?

Posted 05.25.2011

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On Thursday the House voted to defund NPR with a vote of 228-192. It is unlikely the measure will be supported in the Democratic-controlled Senate. ...

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Obama's Budget Would Cut Funding To Arts Organizations, Education

Arts Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the administration's fiscal 2012 budget request, released Monday, the National Endowment for the Arts was penciled in for $146.2 million....

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