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The NEA is governed by a chairman nominated by the president to a four-year term and subject to congressional confirmation. [9] The NEA's advisory committee, the National Council on the Arts, advises the chairman on policies and programs, as well as reviewing grant applications, fundraising guidelines, and leadership initiative.
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Jan. 24—The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is granting funds to 20 New Mexico-based organizations. The NEA announced the first round of awards with 1,288 grants totaling $32 million.
Applications are open for Mid-America Arts Alliance’s annual Artistic Innovations grant, a program that since 2012 has awarded more than $2 million to regional artists and creative organizations ...
The controversy around these two art pieces led to increased interest in how the NEA was spending its money from conservative lawmakers. [ 8 ] In June 1989, prompted by Andres Serrano's Piss Christ , Senators Alfonse D'Amato and Jesse Helms , joined by twenty-five members of the Senate, co-signed a letter written to the NEA requesting reforms ...
The two-year grants can range from $100,000 to $250,000.
The Southeast Center for Contemporary Arts, which also received funding from the NEA, awarded Serrano a $15,000 grant. [2] [3] In response to the use of NEA grants to fund these projects, Congress created an Independent Commission of constitutional law scholars to review the NEA's grant-making process and make recommendations.
In March 2005, Adjchavanich left the WPA\C and Kim Ward, previously membership and finance director, was named acting director until August 2005, when hired as executive director. Under the leadership of Kim Ward, the Washington Project for the Arts legally separated from the Corcoran Gallery of Art on December 31, 2007.