www.broadwayworld.com: Chairman Mary Anne Carter announced today that organizations in every state in the nation, as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, will receive federal funding for arts projects from the National Endowment for the Arts in this round of fiscal year 2020 funding. Overall, 1,187 grants totaling $27.3 million will provide Americans opportunities for arts participation, and this year include projects that celebrate the Women's Suffrage Centennial.
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In my opinion, The National Endowment for the Arts is one of the Most important government-funded organizations. I am so happy to see that this organization is able to provide funds to several arts organizations, especially because its funding was threatened by our current administration. I also really admire the programs that the organization chooses to support, some of which include a theatre company that supports a historically black university, a summer program which brings together designers to make adaptive clothing for people with disabilities, and an institution that supports women’s suffrage. The choice of the National Endowment for the Arts to choose organizations and programs that are working towards larger goals such as equality and awareness highlights the importance of the arts to promote social change. Overall, the National Endowment for the Arts is the reason why several art organizations are alive and well today, and it is so important that our government continues its funding to this program.
This is actually really amazing news that I think will be very important for the future of the arts. We are at a time in government/politics where the arts seem to go under the radar of the current administration, but I am very glad that the National Endowment for the Arts has committed to investing in some pretty amazing causes. Organizations like the Shreveport Regional Arts Council and others mentioned in the article are crucial in spreading the arts to underrepresented and underprivileged groups of people. The arts have the power to bring all different kinds of people from all walks of life into one group setting where they can work together to lift each other up. I am really glad that it seems like the government looks to be kind of acknowledging this, but I know we definitely need more arts representation in government today. This is definitely promising for the future, however.
It is really important that the National Endowment for the Arts is funding organisations that provide support to minority creatives (see: people of colour, disadvantaged youths, women, etc.). I agree with Elena that the National Endowment for the Arts is one of the most important (and certainly - to those of us in the School of Drama - one of the most relevant) federal organisations. That they are moving towards supporting these “non-traditional” (see: non-white, non-able, non-male) groups marks a definite change (hopefully) in the direction of more socially aware theatre and the cultivation of more diverse theatremakers and creatives. I personally am very passionate about disability-adaptable clothing, given my past work in dressing differently abled people, and am extraordinarily pleased at seeing the Open Style Summer Lab on the roster of funded programmes. The National Endowment for the Arts is giving growing artists the funds they need to promote their organisations and to bring awareness to areas which greatly need it for the hopeful benefit of society at large.
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