National Endowment for the Humanities

NEA Budget Gets Hit While Smithsonian Budget Sees An Increase

Posted 12.21.2011

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As a result of the spending bill that passed Friday, allegedly to avoid a government shutdown, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National En...

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Bullseye! The Arts Are In Romney's Crosshairs

Posted 01.11.2012

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GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has come out against government-sponsored arts and cultural programs. In an op-ed piece that appeared in USA To...

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Art Works (And Is Celebrated at The White House)

Barbara Ernst Prey | Posted 01.09.2012

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Barbara Ernst Prey

On Wednesday, November 2, I enjoyed an uplifting ceremony at the White House celebrating the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Awards - the...

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School: It's Way More Boring Than When You Were There

Salon | Daniel Denvir | Posted 11.15.2011

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New studies show that the disappearance of art, music and even recess is having a devastating effect on kids Forty-nine million or so American chil...

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Saving Endangered Languages

Fox News Latino | Posted 10.25.2011

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Conducting field research in southern Bolivia, linguist Susan Kalt hikes roughly two hours to reach the communities where she studies Quechua. ...

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Documentaries Storm the Nation's Capitol at Silverdocs Festival

Michael Rose | Posted 08.28.2011

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Michael Rose

What do Elmo, the New York Times, McDonald's coffee, transsexual tennis star Renee Richards, a chimp using sign language, electric cars, the real horse whisperer and Al Franken have in common?

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Governor Palin Viewing the Abyss and the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Raymond J. Learsy

To question whether the government should fund these institutions is a legitimate issue. But to refer to the NEA and NEH as 'frivolous' institutions becomes a reflection on her wisdom and character.

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Sarah Palin Slams National Endowment For The Arts

Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Television commentator and half-term Alaska governor Sarah Palin trashed the National Endowment for the Arts recently, describing the agency as "frivo...

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The Separation Of Art And State: Why Obama's National Endowment Cuts Are Healthy

Travis Korte | Posted 05.25.2011

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Travis Korte

"The ants on the crucifix" should be a synonym for "the writing on the wall". This winter, the Smithsonian Institute removed an artwork that had anger...

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Budget Fight: Believers, True and Otherwise

Rick Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rick Horowitz

Railing about deficits gives the GOP a convenient excuse to hack away at the sorts of bogeymen they've been wanting to kill off for years. Public-employee salaries. And benefits. And bargaining rights.

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What the Heck Is a "Humanity"?

Jim Noles | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jim Noles

It was engineers and scientists that, for example, raced death to find a vaccine for polio. But where, one wonders, did men like Goethals and Salk find their moments of inspiration for their scientific goals?

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Conservative Republicans Propose Eliminating Arts And Culture Funding

Posted 05.25.2011

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It happened first in schools and is now proposed on a national scale - the continued cutting down of arts and culture funding. A group of conservat...

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Jim Leach: Obama Picks Republican To Head Humanities Endowment

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama has nominated former Republican Rep. Jim Leach as chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities. In...

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

Randall Bourscheidt | Posted 11.17.2011

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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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