more money for NEA
From Artinfo.com...
The $825 billion economic recovery package proposed by congressional Democrats last week includes a modest allocation for the National Endowment for the Arts, Artnet reports. Under the plan, the NEA will receive a $50 million boost to its current budget of $144.7 million.
The L.A. Times's Culture Monster blog is reporting that Chicago attorney Michael Dorf seems to be the leading candidate for the next NEA chairman. Dorf, 56, has worked on arts policy both in Chicago and on a national level: He directed development of the city's first official cultural plan, worked in Washington as a top aide to the late Rep. Sidney Yates, who was a strong supporter of the NEA and governmental support for the arts, and acted as legal adviser to an independent commission that sought to save the NEA during the 1990s.
He has also taught university courses in arts policy and advised the Obama transition team's arts group.
The $825 billion economic recovery package proposed by congressional Democrats last week includes a modest allocation for the National Endowment for the Arts, Artnet reports. Under the plan, the NEA will receive a $50 million boost to its current budget of $144.7 million.
The L.A. Times's Culture Monster blog is reporting that Chicago attorney Michael Dorf seems to be the leading candidate for the next NEA chairman. Dorf, 56, has worked on arts policy both in Chicago and on a national level: He directed development of the city's first official cultural plan, worked in Washington as a top aide to the late Rep. Sidney Yates, who was a strong supporter of the NEA and governmental support for the arts, and acted as legal adviser to an independent commission that sought to save the NEA during the 1990s.
He has also taught university courses in arts policy and advised the Obama transition team's arts group.
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