National Endowment for the Arts

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for violent and sexual crimes committed against them. Since this bill was signed non-fatal, violent victimizations committed by intimate partners declined by 49% but the need of police was on the rise because people were calling in to make reports (National network to end domestic…

Johnson signed the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) into existence on September 29, 1965. When visiting the organizations website, the very top of the home page reads: “The National Endowment for the Arts is an independent federal agency that funds, promotes, and strengthens the creative capacity of our communities by providing all Americans with diverse opportunities for arts participation” (arts.gov). In an article for The Washington Post, Philip…

in household incomes. As a result of the money generated through art-related events, billions of dollars, $27.5 billion to be exact, in revenue is funneled towards local, state and federal governments annually, a number well beyond the $5 billion in yearly arts allocations collectively (“The Economic Impact of America’s Nonprofit Arts and Culture Industry”1). The arts are a major contributor in the grand scale of a global economy, supplying the balance that is much needed in order to maintain a…

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The arts can also serve as a way for people to become more connected with other individuals and with themselves. Arabs and Jews, two groups with a historic conflict, were able to come together and learn from each other from musical involvement. In Israel, the Polyphony Foundation began as a small school in Nazareth in 2007 intending to spread musical education in their community; this foundation currently focuses on creating positivity between Arab and Jewish people through shared experiences.…

Billy Collins was an American writer whose phenomenally open verse—portrayed by plain dialect, delicate silliness, and a ready thankfulness for the everyday—made him a standout amongst the most well-known artists in the United States. Collins grew up predominantly in Queens, New York. He composed his first lyric at age 12 and later joined his secondary school artistic magazine. In 1963 Collins got a B.A. from the College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts, and he went ahead to procure…

portrayal beginning in 1910. This visual representation, designed to rise above the field of the arts, gave a national identity to this population experiencing a chaotic transition. Because a majority of Mexicans were faced with the harsh realities of warfare, people developed new ways for coping with their own adversity, however, with more than half of the population being illiterate, many turned to art as a form of representation in order to express their point of views. Artists such as Frida…

Preserving Arts Education in New York City Public Schools When people think of education and the public school system, they usually think of the four core subjects such as english, math, history, and science. Often, forgetting about the importance of an arts education. Yet, it is performing and visual arts that enhance a student’s academic performance. Exposing children to the incredible world of dance, music, or even visual art allows them to think creatively. It allows them to think…

concerned with issues of class, race, age, gender, culture and health, particularly as they related to the experiences of women. In the 1960. A librarian, writer poet, teacher, feminist and lesbian, Lorde won numerous awards including a National Endowment for the arts grant and the American Library Association Gay, Caucus Book of the Year Award in 1981 for The Cancer Journals. She died of liver cancer in 1992. A self designed, black, lesbian, mother, warrior and poet Audre Lorde dedicated both…