Fine Arts Are in Survival Mode as Funds Dry Up
It was on display in the recent debate in Congress over the economic stimulus package.
The House of Representatives version included $50 million for the National Endowment for the Arts to help non-profit arts organizations avoid closing or laying off workers, but the Senate version left it out. The final bill restored the money for the NEA.
- Companies:
- Alabama Shakespeare Festival
- Americans for the Arts
- Baltimore Chamber Orchestra
- Baltimore Museum of Art
- Baltimore Opera
- Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
- Baltimore Theatre Project
- Brandeis University
- Carnegie Hall
- Centerstage
- Connecticut Opera
- Florida Repertory Theatre
- General Motors
- Kentucky Repertory Theatre
- League of American Orchestras
- National Endowment for the Arts
- Opera America
- Opera Pacific
- Palm Springs Art Museum
- Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Rose Art Museum
- Saturn
- Smithsonian Institution
- The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
- The Los Angeles Opera
- USA Today
- Utah Shakespearean Festival
- Walters Art Museum
- Washington National Opera
- People:
- Alabama Shakespeare
- Andy Warhol
- Bob Bogard
- Bob Cacioppo
- Brian Passey
- Brian Riedl
- Debbie Chinn
- Doreen Bolger
- Gary Vikan
- Jack Kingston
- Jane Shannahan
- Jasper Johns
- Jean-Léon Gérôme
- Jesse Rosen
- Josh Bivens
- Judith Egerton
- Kentuckian George Clooney
- Laura Ruane
- Legg Mason
- Lockwood Hoehl
- M. Kevin Wixted
- Marc Scorca
- Marty Roney
- Obama
- Pablo Picasso
- Randi Vega
- Robert Lynch
- Stefanie Frith
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