National Endowment for the Arts

For many years now, taxpayers have had to pay some sort of money towards art projects, not a hefty amount but an amount worth noticing. There has been much argument whether it really is worth it or if we are just throwing our money into a fire by paying for projects involving the arts. I believe that although it sometimes seems strenuous and tedious to pay for different projects that people feel may not have an actual impact on themselves personally, it still is a very important thing to continue to allow people to express through art. A good example of paying for a project through taxes is an art sculpture being added to a nearby park. Paying a few extra dollars in taxes isn’t really that much when you can see beauty around you everyday for just a small price.…

fluids like milk, blood, tears, semen and urine. Piss Christ, won the "Award for Visual Arts" competition held in Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art 's, which was sponsored in part by the "National Endowment for the Arts," which is an agency of the…

it comes to nudity in art. One of the most famous pieces of art that portrays nudity is Michelangelo’s statue of David. The statue of David was given to Queen Victoria as a gift from an Italian nobleman in 1857, without knowing that the statue showed a man’s genitals. Having been shocked, officials commissioned a sculptor to cover the man’s genitals with a fig leaf that could be taken on and off. The reason for doing so was simple: they didn’t want to offend modern society’s standards about what…

Eudora Welty’s “A Worn Path” written in third person and Maya Angelou’s “Still I Rise” written in first person are two different works of literature. Though they may be two different works of genre and literature; they are very similar in many different aspects of the theme, as for example they both share the same theme and a gripping way to capture the audience. Eudora Welty 's "A Worn Path" is the account of Phoenix Jackson; cheerful, decided voyage. Conquering each hindrance and diversion in…

The National Gallery of Art, a museum that was started with a donation of 8,000 paintings and drawings, is now the home of over 120,000 works of art. The National Gallery of Art was founded by Andrew W. Mellon, who traveled from Pittsburg to Washington to serve as a secretary of the treasury. Because he believed that the United States should have a national museum as great as museums of other nations, Andrew Mellon proposed the idea to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 and offered his very…

NPR, the novel takes place in the mid-1950s, and follows some of the same characters, showing Atticus at age 72 being crippled by arthritis, as well as a traveling, 26-year-old Scout Finch (Corrigan, 2015). The plot revolves around Scout as an Adult returning to Maycomb, and Atticus revealing himself as a being corrupted with some of the same flaws he was fighting in To Kill a Mockingbird, as Corrigan stated “Atticus reveals himself as a segregationist and a reactionary extremist. He's a staunch…

debating whether to spend more money on other projects and less on art. Where: In the United States of America. When: 50 years ago ~now Why: Not enough money in the budget to spend on everything. How: Arguing whether we should keep the arts money or spend on other things that are more important. II. SUMMARY: In Los Angeles Time, the article “A milestone for American culture” by Marcus E. Howard explains the argument of giving money for National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and…

have put music education under fire in recent years. Music education is a vital part of any student’s education. This is because without proper education of the arts, the future could very well be one without art or music, which are both large parts of children and young adults forming their creative ideas. The American education system should in particular budget more money for music education in middle and high schools, because this is an important stage…

Art is the canvas for the body, mind, and soul. It inspires creativity and ideas; art is the outlet for emotion that cannot always be said in words. Art is implanted in our minds from an early age, and is especially important in schools. However important it may be, the United States has fallen behind in progress due to an influx of education of STEM education. Arts education is being overlooked by the government as a non-important issue. While most primary schools typically have art and music…

in schools, fine arts classes are consistently on the outermost rim of the educational spectrum. It is either the last to be added, or the first to be dropped in times of budget shortages or altered priorities. Many people believe that government funding of the arts is unnecessary and that funds could be directed elsewhere. Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts has long been a source of political controversy. In recent years there has been more discussion on the topic with many…