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The NEA was also pressured to rely on formulas for arts assessment. Frank Hodsoll (chairperson from 1981 to 1989) and John Frohnmayer (chairperson from 1989 to 1992 during the heart of the NEA Four controversy) both had to fight such political pressure to retain the peer review model as well as their own roles within the NEA. [6]
Tim Miller (born September 22, 1958, in Pasadena, California) is an American performance artist and writer, whose pieces frequently involve gay identity, marriage equality and immigration issues. He was one of the NEA Four, four performance artists whose National Endowment for the Arts grants were vetoed in 1990 by NEA chair John Frohnmayer. [1]
The National Endowment for the Arts was created during the term of President Lyndon B. Johnson under the general auspices of the Great Society.According to historian Karen Patricia Heath, "Johnson personally was not much interested in the acquisition of knowledge, cultural or otherwise, for its own sake, nor did he have time for art appreciation or meeting with artists."
Holly Hughes (born March 10, 1955) is an American lesbian performance artist. [1] [2]She began as a feminist painter in New York City but is best known for her connection with the NEA Four, with whom she was denied funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, and for her work with the Women's One World Cafe.
In 1993 the NEA settled with the four artists out of court and gave them the grants they had been denied. Still, they decided to litigate against the NEA's congressionally approved "decency clause," but on June 25, 1998, The Supreme Court upheld the decency clause while declaring the language "advisory" and meaningless. [14]
Known as street painters, these artists are masters of the art form, the district says, and they travel the country transforming ordinary pavement into amazing chalk art “right before your eyes.”
You see these four young men in Miami by the pool, and then there’s Murray sitting in his bathing suit (laughs). A policeman tries in vain to contain the Beatles-loving crowd (photo: Apple Corps ...
As of 2012, the NEA had awarded more than $4 billion to support artistic excellence, creativity, and innovation for the benefit of individuals and communities. [1] Since its establishment, the NEA has funded thousands of individual artists and arts organizations. In 1989, two controversial works were partially or fully funded by NEA grants.