National Endowment for the Arts

News Clips
Tuesday, April 4, 2017

LIFETIME HONORS
The 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert
KRCB April 3, 2017
This year's class is as accomplished as they come, with Dee Dee Bridgewater on vocals, Dr. Lonnie
Smith on organ, Dave Holland on bass, Dick Hyman on piano and Ira Gitler

Celebrate NEA Jazz Masters Tonight (And Advocate for the Endowment Tomorrow & The Next
Day)
BlouinArtInfo Blogs April 3, 2017
The most visible and celebrated aspect of the NEAs support for jazz is the Jazz Masters Program,
which this year will be celebrated with a tribute concert at the Kennedy Center on

The 2017 NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert

NPR April 3, 2017
The NEA Jazz Masters Award is often described as the nation's highest honor for a living jazz
musician. From the first its program has celebrated a broad aesthetic range

The NEA Jazz Masters Tribute Concert Transcends Its Fraught Political Moment
88.3 WBGO.org April 4, 2017
This was the 35th edition of the NEA Jazz Masters program, this nations highest honor for living
jazz musicians, presented by the National Endowment for the Arts.

POETRY OUT LOUD

Supervisors to celebrate National Poetry Month, honor high school competition winner
Lompoc Record April 3, 2017
Sheley represented Santa Barbara County at the state finals in Sacramento from March 12 to 13,
after winning the county's competition for her recitation of "Personal," by Tony Hoagland

High School Poetry Contest Winners Announced

Santa Barbara Edhat April 3, 2017
Twenty high school students competed in the regional competition that was emceed by sitting
Santa Barbara Poet Laureate Sojourner Kincaid-Rolle.

Reading High senior places second in state poetry contest

Reading Eagle April 4, 2017
Doing well at Poetry Out Loud has a lot to do with the poem a student chooses. Tahj performed
"The Gaffe" by C.K. Williams. It's about a child who later regrets what he has said.

Windham resident's love of poetry gave her new perspective

Norwich Bulletin April 3, 2017
Windham resident Juliet Duchesne, a senior at EastConns Arts at the Capitol Theater, placed in
the top five of more than 7,000 students in the states Poetry Out Loud Competition held
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THE BIG READ
Ex Fabula: Courage - MKES Big Read
WUWM April 3, 2017
this year, Milwaukee Public Library will offer a month of exciting events, programs, and
discussions related to Julia Alvarezs In the Time of the Butterflies.

NEA-FUNDED PROJECTS
Making music an instrument for change: How NEA-funded HOLA points kids toward a better path
Los Angeles Times April 3, 2017
This program is using music for social change. Its not that its trying to create the next Gustavo
Dudamel or first-chair violinist, but it is trying to give voice to a community and kids in that

CREATIVE PLACEMAKING
Now open for applications, inspiration: Community Placemaking grants
Metro News April 3, 2017
The program will provide grants and technical assistance to organizations and local governments
seeking to undertake placemaking projects in their communities.

ABOUT THE NEA

Colorado arts organizations closely watch federal budget conversations
The Denver Post April 3, 2017
To a bigger organization that might not seem like a lot but to us its a significant amount of
money, Kirves said. If the NEA went away, would we go away?

Proposed federal cuts worry Wyoming arts and culture groups

Casper Star-Tribune Online April 3, 2017
Wyoming and other rural states would most feel the cuts because theyre less likely to receive
funding elsewhere, according to state arts advocates.

NEA Cuts: How Would They Affect the U?

Daily Utah Chronicle April 3, 2017
devastating to the entire state of Utah. The most significant aspect of the NEA is that it ensures
that all Americans, no matter where they live, will have access to artistic programming

Letter: Federal support needed for the arts

Battle Creek Enquirer- April 3, 2017
Across the country, the role of the arts as an economic engine is growing in acceptance and
strength.

Proposed federal cuts' impact on Wyo. arts and humanities

Wyoming Business Report- April 3, 2017
The funding from the NEA makes up 40 percent of the Wyoming Arts Council budget. If the NEA
was eliminated, the Wyoming Arts Council would have less resources to share

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NEA under fire
The Quad April 3, 2017
independent federal agency which supports arts endeavors across all 50 states and every U.S.
territory. Their mantra affirms everyone in this country deserves equal access to the arts

Arts groups and public radio worry over Trump's budget proposal
Rapid City Journal April 3, 2017
The result would mean having to try to fund a season or a project with less SDAC funds than
perhaps were leveraged in the past, Baker said.

Hundreds protest proposed federal funding cuts for the arts

Crain's New York Business April 3, 2017
Though it accounts for just a fraction of a fraction of the federal budget, the National
Endowment for the Arts has an outsized impact on our lives, said Tino Gagliardi,

Georgia Arts Legislation: What Passed And Failed

WABE 90.1 FM April 3, 2017
Arts advocates say the price tag is a small compared to how music, dance, theater, novels and
more benefit society. The combined budget of the NEA and NEH is about $300 million.

Why we cant let an America First budget put the arts last
The Huffington Post April 4, 2017
And there are vast amounts of peer-reviewed research that clearly show that music and art have
a profoundly positive impact on student academic achievement.

Deleting NEA would affect programs for young, poor

Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel April 4, 2017
filling vacant arts teacher positions in public schools, music instruction for youth who could not
afford lessons, even improvements to decrepit Milwaukee playgrounds have been

Its Complete Stupidity: Hundreds Rally at NYC City Hall to Oppose Trumps Arts Cuts
Artnet News- April 3, 2017
A capacity crowd of 400 rallied at the steps of City Hall in downtown Manhattan on Monday to
speak out against proposed cuts to public funding of arts and culture

Former Talking Heads frontman David Byrne joins NYC rally to save the arts from Trump cuts
New York Daily News April 3, 2017
You may hate the arts. You may hate the stuff that people paint and the theater that they do,
but do you want to lose all those jobs? Do we want to kill this part of the economy? he said.

Trump protest in NYC over arts funding cuts headlined by David Byrne, Scott Stringer, more
am New York April 3, 2017
The arts are, quite literally, responsible for saving my life, said actor L. Steven Taylor, who plays
Mufasa in The Lion King on Broadway.

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Pols and Creatives Rally in Manhattan to 'Save the Arts' from Trump's Budget Cuts
Observer April 3, 2017
Art and culture enhanced my life, gave me a perspective, an understanding of the world we live
in, of our collective wellbeing, that we are not in this alone.

Watch as Broadway Artists and Politicians Come Together at the Rally to Save the Arts
Playbill.com April 4, 2017
Members of the New York theatre communityincluding Broadway performers and Actors
Equity leaderstook to the steps of City Hall April 3 to raise their voice in support of the NEA

Wynton Marsalis speaks out on Trump's proposed arts funding cuts

CBS News April 3, 2017
Theres a reality to things: When we tell people our arts are not important, our wisdom is not
important, were preparing our public to be more ignorant so that we can exploit them more.

Trump's budget would hit rural towns like Durant especially hard
Sherman Denison Herald Democrat April 3, 2017
The presidents proposed budget would disproportionately harm the rural areas and small towns
that were key to his unexpected win.

OTHER
Chicago to Take the Spotlight With Ambitious 2018 Art Event
The New York Times April 3, 2017
Art Design Chicago is a joint effort of more than 40 organizations, and will look at the citys
influence and achievements across disciplines since the late 19th century.

When It Comes to Art, How Seeing Less Is Seeing More

Wall Street Journal April 2, 2017
People spend an average of 17 seconds looking at a painting during a museum visit; Slow Art Day
hopes to change that.

Watch a dance performance change in real time with facial projection mapping
The Verge April 1, 2017
Over the course of about one minute, the dancers are made to look like skulls with empty eye
sockets, big-toothed clowns, and terrifying dolls with their jaws unhinged.

The Jamaican Dance Style Keeping Brooklyn Kids Off the Street
Narratively March 31, 2017
His love for bruk up helped this one-time drug dealer turn his life around. Now hes bringing
that passion to the next generation at home and around the world.

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The Serial Teams New Podcast, S-Town, Tops 10 Million Downloads in Four Days
Variety March 31, 2017
more than 10 million in the first four days of its release setting a new record in the
podcasting world. The original Serial first season took seven weeks to reach 10 million
downloads

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