National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Rocco Landesman has an idea on how to fix the economy: invest more in arts organizations. After traveling the country on an Art Works Tour, Landesman has seen the positive effect the arts have on the United States. Jacqueline Trescott of the Washington Post says Landesman claims that the [...]

Under the newly proposed budget, the National Endowment for the Arts would get a 4% increase – from $155 million to $161.3 million.
“We are honored that the president recognizes that access to the arts strengthens both the cultural and civic life of our nation,” Patrice Walker Powell, the NEA’s acting chairman, said in a statement.
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