National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) adalah lembaga independen pemerintah federal Amerika Serikat yang memberikan dukungan dan pendanaan bagi proyek-proyek seni.[1] Lembaga ini dibentuk melalui undang-undang Kongres AS tahun 1965 sebagai lembaga independen pemerintah federal. Ketuanya saat ini adalah produser teater Broadway Rocco Landesman.[2][3][4] NEA berkantor di Old Post Office Building, di Washington, D.C. Lembaga ini mendapatkan penghargaan Tony Honors for Excellence in Theatre pada tahun 1995.
Ketua
- 1965-1969 Roger L. Stevens, ditunjuk oleh Lyndon B. Johnson
- 1969-1977 Nancy Hanks, ditunjuk oleh Richard M. Nixon
- 1977-1981 Livingston L. Biddle, Jr., ditunjuk oleh Jimmy Carter
- 1981-1989 Frank Hodsoll, ditunjuk oleh Ronald Reagan.
- 1989-1992 John Frohnmayer, ditunjuk oleh George H. W. Bush
- 1993-1997 Jane Alexander, ditunjuk oleh Bill Clinton
- 1998-2001 Bill Ivey, ditunjuk olehBill Clinton
- 2002 Michael P. Hammond, ditunjuk oleh George W. Bush
- 2003-2009 Dana Gioia, ditunjuk oleh George W. Bush
- 2009 Patrice Walker Powell, Ketua Petahana, ditunjuk oleh Barack Obama[5][6]
- 2009 Rocco Landesman, ditunjuk oleh Barack Obama[4]
Lihat pula
- National Endowment for the Humanities
- National Heritage Fellowship
- Daftar organisasi musik di Amerika Serikat
- NEA Jazz Masters
- National Council for the Traditional Arts
- New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Catatan kaki
- ^ National Endowment for the Arts. "About Us". Diakses tanggal 2009-03-13.
- ^ Robin Pogrebin, "Producer Is Chosen to Lead Arts Endowment", New York Times, May 13, 2009.
- ^ Davi Napoleon, "Mr. Landesman Goes to Washington", The Faster Times, June 13, 2009.
- ^ a b Robin Pogrebin, "Rocco Landesman Confirmed as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts", New York Times, August 7, 2009.
- ^ "National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Acting Chairman," NEA press release dated February 2, 2009 at NEA website.
- ^ Robin Pogrebin, "Saving Federal Arts Funds: Selling Culture as an Economic Force," New York Times, February 16, 2009.
- National Endowment for the Arts (2000). The National Endowment for the Arts 1965-2000: A Brief Chronology of Federal Support for the Arts. Washington, DC: National Endowment for the Arts. OCLC 52401250. Diakses tanggal 2008-05-24.
Bacaan lanjutan
- Alexander, Jane. Command Performance: an Actress in the Theater of Politics. Public Affairs, a member of the Perseus Book Group; New York, NY, 2000. ISBN 0-306-81044-1
- Binkiewicz, Donna M. Federalizing the Muse: United States Arts Policy and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1965-1980, University of North Carolina Press, 312pp., 2004. ISBN 0-8078-2878-5.
- Napoleon, Davi. Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater This history of a theater in Brooklyn that won critical acclaim but could not always get funding to finish planned seasons is in part a case study of the arts funding crisis in America. Iowa State University Press.