Jane Alexander ( 10 of 10 )
Most of our funding goes to organizations and is then used to leverage the private sector.
Most of our funding goes to organizations and is then used to leverage the private sector.
Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved.
Now, I cannot approve anything the council has rejected, but I can reject anything the council has approved.
I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one read more
I don't know how one actually would define obscenity. I'm sure the definition is different according to the age one is living in.
If a panel feels that a grant is worthy and they know the content of the work of art in read more
If a panel feels that a grant is worthy and they know the content of the work of art in question, we at the endowment will be prepared to defend it.
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.
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.
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.
I knew as well as anybody what the endowment does for artists because I had been someone it had supported read more
I knew as well as anybody what the endowment does for artists because I had been someone it had supported through not-for-profit theater.
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.