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Michelle Obama and I Agree: Commit to the Arts in Schools

Michael Tilson Thomas | Posted 10.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pbs, Michelle Obama, Classical Music Reviews, San Francisco Symphony, Arts, Keeping Score Season 2, Arts Funding, Barack Obama, Classical Music, Keeping Score, Kqed, San Francisco, PBS Documentaries, San Francisco-California, Michael Tilson Thomas, Symphony, National Endowment for the Arts, Entertainment News
Michael Tilson Thomas

With state budgets under attack, we in the arts are bracing for a familiar song: whether or not to fund arts in the schools.

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Jon Stewart Defends NEA, School Children From Republicans, Fox News (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Alex Leo | Posted 09.29.2009 | Comedy

Read More: John Cornyn, Video, Daily Show, Jon Stewart, Fox News, Nea, Tucker Carlson, National Endowment for the Arts, Comedy News

America is under attack, people. Not from Iran, not from suitcase bombers or North Korea, but from Barack Obama and those that like him. Jon Stewart e...

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NEA "Scandal": Secretly Taped Conversation Appears to Have Violated State Laws

Lisa Derrick | Posted 09.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Nea, Eavesdropping, National Endowment for the Arts, United We Serve, Patrick Courrielche, Wiretapping, Politics News
Lisa Derrick

Courrielche has not been been forthcoming about how he came to have the recorded conversations, which may be a way of invoking his right to self-protection, since recording that call was illegal in several states.

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Ryan Grim

Two Weeks Later, NEA Weighs In On Yosi Sergant Demotion

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Sergant, Yosi Sergant, Nea Glenn Beck, Yosi Sergant Nea, New, National Endowment for the Arts, Politics News

It's not quite what you'd get from a rapid-response war room, but roughly two weeks after the National Endowment for the Arts demoted communications d...

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Oh, the Horror! NEA Under Fire for Community Organizing

Matt Osborne | Posted 09.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arts, Nea, Nontroversy, National Endowment for the Arts, Yosi Sergeant, The Arts, Big Hollywood, Politics News
Matt Osborne

According to some in the wingnutosphere, asking arts organizations to consider creating opportunities for volunteerism is the slippery slope to Orwellian dystopia.

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Tom Friedman's Take On "Wimps" and "The Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys"

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 09.22.2009 | Business

Read More: Energy, World, Beijing, Amtrak, Harvard Alumni Association, China, Po;itics, France, Nuclear Energy, Wall Street, Communist Party, David Brooks, Oil, High Speed Rail, President Sarkozy, New York Times, Green Energy, World Health Organization, National Endowment for the Arts, French Government, Tom Friedman, Sncf, Politics, Business News
Raymond J. Learsy

How are we going to compete in years to come as we go head-to-head with societies that are far better equipped to deal with the exigencies of the future?

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Flash! Glenn Beck Forces President to Resign!

Barton Kunstler, Ph.D. | Posted 09.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Glenn Beck Van Jones, Jim Croce, Health Care Reform, Rupert Murdoch, Propaganda, Yosi Sargent, Fox News, Leroy Brown, Political Satire, Obama, National Endowment for the Arts, Comedy News
Barton Kunstler, Ph.D.

In effect, Obama has emboldened Beck with the veto power over presidential appointees that is generally reserved for the Senate.

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The New Shape of the Culture War: Glenn Beck, Yosi Sergant, Van Jones, and Hip-Hop

Jeff Chang | Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Yosi Sergant, Glenn Beck Yosi, Glenn Beck Yosi Sergant, National Endowment for the Arts, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck NEA, Media News, Yosi Sergeant, Media News
Jeff Chang

Yosi Sergant worked at what the Obama campaign thought were the margins: to use the creative power of artists to ignite the imagination of the people.

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Yosi Sergant, Administration Aide Demoted: Glenn Beck Strikes Again

Posted 11.10.2009 | Media

Read More: Yosi Sergant, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Yosi, Glenn Beck NEA, Glenn Beck Yosi Sergant, National Endowment for the Arts, Yosi Sergeant, Media News

UPDATE: The NEA has updated their statement to emphasize that Yosi Sargent remains with the agency, but in a different position: "As regards Yosi Serg...

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Respect for the Arts--Please New NEA Chair

Karen Brooks Hopkins | Posted 08.27.2009 | New York

Read More: Bam, Rocco Landesman, Karen Brooks Hopkins, Brooklyn Academy of Music, National Endowment for the Arts, New York News
Karen Brooks Hopkins

The fact that our field has to endure an ongoing barrage of disrespect and marginalization is simply outrageous and unacceptable in this day and age.

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Needed: A Federal Arts Policy

Michael Kaiser | Posted 08.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arts, Michael Kaiser, Ministry of Culture, National Endowment for the Arts, Federal Government, Arts Policy, Politics News
Michael Kaiser

Most people do not know that no fewer than nine government agencies provide support to arts in this nation.

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A Twa Lala -- Play a Song: My Keynote Address at the Music Educators Symposium at the Yale School of Music

Lucia Brawley | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Education, Music, Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Teachers, Arts Education, Yale, Yale School of Music, u.s. Department of Education, Living News
Lucia Brawley

On June 10, 2009, it was my great honor to deliver the keynote address at the Yale School of Music's biennial Music Educators Symposium.

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Michelle Obama Makes a Case for the Arts

Jonathan Melber | Posted 06.18.2009 | Style

Read More: New York Foundation for the Arts, Contemporary Art, Metroplitan Museum of Art, Michelle Obama, Economic Stimulus Package, Art World, National Endowment for the Arts, Barack Obama, Style News
Jonathan Melber

Michelle Obama deserves credit for highlighting the cultural and economic significance of the arts at a time when many worthy causes compete for her attention.

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Part II - Why Arts Education is a Matter of Social Justice and Why it will Save the World

Lucia Brawley | Posted 05.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marshall Ganz, Americans for the Arts, Obama Education, Mike Huckabee, U.S. Department of Justice, National Endowment for the Arts, Politics News
Lucia Brawley

Culture has always been among America's greatest exports. And, "The arts can be life-saving and life-affirming for young people who have been discarded by the culture."

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Part I - Why Arts Education is a Matter of Social Justice and Why it will Save the World

Lucia Brawley | Posted 05.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Department of Education, Arne Duncan, Children, Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Wynton Marsalis, Barack Obama, Arts Education, Politics News
Lucia Brawley

Inspired by countless examples of the vital importance of the arts in shaping young lives, I have made my way into rooms with some of the country's foremost arts educators and arts education advocates.

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Can Our First Cool President Afford His Cultural Agenda?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 04.25.2009 | Media

Read More: Annenberg Foundation, Leonard Aube, National Endowment for the Arts, Wilshire and Washington, Media News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Joining us today in this spirited discussion is Leonard J. Aube, Managing Director of the Annenberg Foundation, one of the largest private family foundations in the United States.

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Stand Up for Creative Jobs

Dan Glickman | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business

Read More: Film Industry, Moviemaking, Nea, Film, National Endowment for the Arts, Movies, Robert Redford, Business News
Dan Glickman

We can't afford to undervalue the contributions of the arts to our nation's economic renewal.

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And a Child Shall Lead Them

Jonathan Tolins | Posted 04.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Theater Geek, Jonathan Krohn, Bobby Jindal, Alex P. Keaton, Health Care Reform, Cpac, Conservative, Mary Poppins, Republicans, Michael Banks, National Endowment for the Arts, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Jonathan Tolins

Jonathan Krohn, conservative wunderkind and theater geek, made a huge splash at CPAC (Arianna called him "the highlight" of the convention) and this could be only the beginning.

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A Warhol for the West Wing

Jonathan Melber | Posted 03.29.2009 | Style

Read More: White House, Contemporary Art, Obama, Economic Stimulus Package, Modern Art, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Policy, Style News
Jonathan Melber

It's a good sign that Obama has shown an interest in contemporary art. Let's hope it extends beyond the White House walls.

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The Culture Wars Roll On

Andrew Sargus Klein | Posted 03.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Culture Wars, Economic Stimulus Package, Conservatives, Arts Policy, Republican, Media, Barack Obama, Culture, Ideology, Art, Gop, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Funding, Politics News
Andrew Sargus Klein

The arts and humanities get a pretty raw deal. It was painful to watch the purported centrists in the Senate cut out nearly $100 million worth of funds for arts, culture and education last week.

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Stimulate the Arts and Keep American Strong

Robin Bronk | Posted 03.09.2009 | Politics

Read More: Arts, Economic Stimulus Package, Nea, Wpa, National Endowment for the Arts, Works Progress Administration, Politics News
Robin Bronk

Why is it so hard for some to realize that jobs in the arts support millions of Americans and are no less worthy than any other job that puts food on the table?

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Culture Zohn: Getting Creative in '09

Patricia Zohn | Posted 02.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Arts, Secretary of the Arts, Nea, National Endowment for the Arts, Arts Funding, Entertainment News
Patricia Zohn

2009-01-09-zohnpull.jpg Artists and arts institutions are scrappy and resourceful, generally uncomplaining and used to being valued less than bureaucrats, bankers or engineers.

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A Tribute to Claiborne Pell, Rhode Island's Gentle Giant

Bennet Kelley | Posted 02.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Rhode Island, Claiborne Pell, National Endowment for the Arts, Civility, Pell Grants, Claiborne Pell Obituary, Claiborne Pell Grants, Politics News
Bennet Kelley

With Claiborne Pell's death, Rhode Islanders have lost their gentle giant and the nation has lost a distinguished public servant who did more to make us a modern Athens than any other man of his era.

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Arts Community to Obama: Here's What We're Fighting For

Randall Bourscheidt | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Art, Nonprofits, Arts, Americans for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Barack Obama, Arts Education, National Endowment for the Humanities, Obama Arts, Living News
Randall Bourscheidt

We are fighting now to recover our prosperity but also our sense of purpose and pride as a nation. Like all other nations in history, our culture stands at the center of our identity.

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Obama, the Arts, and Soft Power

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 08.11.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lafayette, Agnes Gund, John McCain, Michael Chabon, Hal Prince, Soft Power, Americans for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, America, Barack Obama, France's Ministry of Culture, John Lynch, Entertainment News
Raymond J. Learsy

I have always been struck by the paucity of interest and support our government gives to the arts. In Obama's opinion it appears the arts have become essential to reengage our standing in the world.

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