Jane Alexander

It would be difficult, in this day and age, to fund art that made racial slurs.

It would be difficult, in this day and age, to fund art that made racial slurs.

I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair.

I began to think, The endowment has had a bad reputation in the last few years, and that's unfair.

No one's conception of art is going to be acceptable to everybody.

No one's conception of art is going to be acceptable to everybody.

All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether read more

All I want to do is make sure that art is available to all Americans in a participatory way, whether you engage in the art process yourself or you're an audience member.

Senator Helms might very well do that. I would point out to him that we in the art world are read more

Senator Helms might very well do that. I would point out to him that we in the art world are not necessarily in the business of making controversial art.