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Ditson Professor of Music Earl Kim said Friday that he "could not remain a part of the censorship process," although he said he supports the NEA and Chair John E. Frohnmayer's opposition to the Congressional restrictions...
...Helms amendment, adopted by Congress in October and named for Sen. Jesse Helms (R-N.C.), requires that all NEA-funded projects meet federal obscenity guidelines. The amendment prohibits funding for works that depict "sadomasochism, homoeroticism, the sexual exploitation of children or individuals engaged in sex acts, and which, when taken as a whole, do not have serious literary, artistic, political or scientific merit...
...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...