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The National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities is an agency of the United States federal government that was established in 1965. Its purpose is to "develop and promote a broadly conceived national policy of support for the humanities and the arts in the United States, and for institutions which preserve the cultural heritage of the United States."
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) is an independent federal agency of the U.S. government, established by the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 (Pub. L. Tooltip Public Law (United States) 89–209), dedicated to supporting research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities.
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."
Souter. National Endowment for the Arts v. Finley, 524 U.S. 569 (1998), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act, as amended in 1990, (20 U.S.C. § 954 (d) (1)), was facially valid, as it neither inherently interfered with First Amendment rights nor violated ...
In September 1965, Johnson signed the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act into law, creating both the National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities as separate, independent agencies. Lobbying for federally funded arts and humanities support began during the Kennedy Administration.
Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation. Allegheny Foundation. The American-Scandinavian Foundation. Aperture Foundation. Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts. Arpa Foundation for Film, Music and Art. Art Bridges Foundation. ARTneo. Arts of Fashion Foundation.
The National Heritage Fellowship is a lifetime honor presented to master folk and traditional artists by the National Endowment for the Arts. Similar to Japan's Living National Treasure award, [1] the Fellowship is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts. [2] [3] It is a one-time only award and fellows must ...
National Endowment for the Humanities (4 C, 22 P) Pages in category "National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.