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

1. National Endowment for the Arts. "About Us". Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2013-09-08. Diakses tanggal 2009-03-13. 
2. Robin Pogrebin, "Producer Is Chosen to Lead Arts Endowment", New York Times, May 13, 2009.
3. Davi Napoleon, "Mr. Landesman Goes to Washington", Diarsipkan 2009-07-13 di Wayback Machine. The Faster Times, June 13, 2009.
4. Robin Pogrebin, "Rocco Landesman Confirmed as Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts", New York Times, August 7, 2009.
5. "National Endowment for the Arts Announces New Acting Chairman," Diarsipkan 2009-04-04 di Wayback Machine. NEA press release dated February 2, 2009 at NEA website.
6. 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. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2008-05-17. 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.

Pranala luar

• National Endowment for the Arts website Diarsipkan 2008-11-06 di Wayback Machine.