Word: nea
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...Congressional regulations came in the wake of a national controversy last summer over NEA funding of exhibitions by artists such as the late Robert Mapplethorpe, whose work includes homoerotic photographs...
Artists and organizations accepting NEA grants are required to sign oaths which now include language from the Helms amendment, according to Marsha Adler, public policy deputy director for People for the American Way, a liberal watchdog group...
...chair of a NEA music panel, said he did not want to have to take the Helms guidelines into account when deciding which arts projects to fund...
Since the stepped-up Congressional scrutiny of the NEA, one other panelist has resigned and two artists have rejected NEA grants to protest the alleged censorship...
...arts community is using censorship as abuzz word," said the aide, who requestedanonymity. "The NEA was created by Congress. Thearts community is saying Congress hasn't any sayin determining where [the funds...